Money to Burn (George Jones song): Difference between revisions

"'''Money to Burn'''" is a song written by Johnny Nelms and recorded by American country music artist [[George Jones]]. It was released on the [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] label as the B-side to his 1959 single "[[Big Harlan Taylor]]" and became a hit, reaching #15 on the ''Billboard'' country survey. The song is similar in theme to the Joe "Red" Hayes song "[[A Satisfied Mind]]" in that it observes how worthless wealth can be without love ("A wealth of love of love is worth much more than all my money to burn"). Jones himself exhibited an ambivalent attitude towards wealth himself for much of his life; although entrenched in the country music business, he remained unimpressed by stardom. In 2006 he explained to ''Billboard'' magazine, "A lot of artists come to the big city of [[Nashville]] with dollar signs floating around in their heads, they're gonna get a lot of glory and popularity and be somebody and all this crap...you've got to have a love for it to be successful."