Sure As I'm Sittin' Here - Misplaced Pages

"Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" is a song written and originally performed by John Hiatt. Hiatt released the original version of the song as a single in February, 1974, and included it on his debut album Hangin' Around the Observatory. Hiatt's version of "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" failed to chart.

Other Versions

Three Dog Night released the song as a single in mid 1974, where it reached #16 on the Billboard chart and #18 in Canada in 1974. Three Dog Night's version of "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" was produced by Jimmy Ienner. It was featured on their 1974 album, Hard Labor. Though they would make the top 40 in both US and Canada with two further singles, this was Three Dog Night's final top 20 hit.

References

Three Dog Night, "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" U.S. Chart Position Retrieved February 9, 2015
Three Dog Night, "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" Canada Chart Position Retrieved February 9, 2015
Three Dog Night, "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" single release Retrieved February 9, 2015
Three Dog Night, Hard Labor Retrieved February 9, 2015

v t e John Hiatt
Studio albums	Hangin' Around the Observatory (1974) Overcoats (1975) Slug Line (1979) Two Bit Monsters (1980) All of a Sudden (1982) Riding with the King (1983) Warming Up to the Ice Age (1985) Bring the Family (1987) Slow Turning (1988) Stolen Moments (1990) Perfectly Good Guitar (1993) Walk On (1995) Little Head (1997) Crossing Muddy Waters (2000) The Tiki Bar Is Open (2001) Beneath This Gruff Exterior (2003) Master of Disaster (2005) Same Old Man (2008) The Open Road (2010) Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns (2011) Mystic Pinball (2012) Terms of My Surrender (2014) The Eclipse Sessions (2018) Leftover Feelings (2021)
Live albums	Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan? (1994) Live from Austin, TX (2005)
Compilation albums	Y'all Caught? The Ones That Got Away 1979–1985 (1989)
Songs	"Have a Little Faith in Me" "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" "Take Time to Know Her"
Related	Discography Little Village

v t e Three Dog Night
Danny Hutton Paul Kingery Pat Bautz Eddie Reasoner David Morgan Timothy Hutton Cory Wells Chuck Negron Jimmy Greenspoon Floyd Sneed Joe Schermie Michael Allsup Skip Konte Al Ciner Gary Moon Richard Campbell
Studio albums	Three Dog Night (1968) Suitable for Framing (1969) It Ain't Easy (1970) Naturally (1970) Harmony (1971) Seven Separate Fools (1972) Cyan (1973) Hard Labor (1974) Coming Down Your Way (1975) American Pastime (1976) It's a Jungle (1983)
Live albums	Captured Live at the Forum (1969) Around the World with Three Dog Night (1973)
Compilations	Golden Bisquits (1971) Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits (1975) The Best of 3 Dog Night (1982) Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975 (1993) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Three Dog Night (1999) The Complete Hit Singles (2004)
Singles	"Nobody" "Try a Little Tenderness" "One" "Easy to Be Hard" "Eli's Coming" "Celebrate" "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" "Out in the Country" "One Man Band" "Joy to the World" "Liar" "An Old Fashioned Love Song" "Never Been to Spain" "The Family of Man" "Black & White" "Pieces of April" "Shambala" "Let Me Serenade You" "The Show Must Go On" "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" "Til the World Ends" "Everybody's a Masterpiece" "It's a Jungle Out There"
Other songs	"Darlin'" "Time to Get Alone"
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