# Mac Davis Hated His First No. 1 Hit for Being “Super Egotistical”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mac-davis-hated-his-first-no-1-hit-for-being-super-egotistical/
- Published: 2026-11-03T22:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T22:55:34+00:00
- Original publisher: American Songwriter
- Original article: https://americansongwriter.com/mac-davis-hated-his-first-no-1-hit-for-being-super-egotistical/
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, Music, World

## Key points

- Davis’s first No. 1 became his only Hot 100 chart-topper.
- The 1972 song topped two Billboard charts for three weeks.
- Davis later called it egotistical and chauvinistic.

## Summary

Mac Davis’s “Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me” became his first No. 1 hit in 1972, launching his success as a recording artist. Despite its chart performance and Grammy nomination, Davis later said he disliked the song, which he considered egotistical and chauvinistic.

Written after producer Rick Hall suggested he write a “hook song”, it topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts for three weeks, and reached the country Top 30. It remains Davis’s only Hot 100 No. 1; the song also drew criticism when Ms. magazine named it its “chauvinist pig Song of the Year” for 1972.

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