<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Nights Like This" (1996) </Td> <Td> "I Don't Have To Be Me (' til Monday)" (2001) </Td> <Td> "Waitin' on Joe" (2002) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Nights Like This" (1996) </Td> <Td> "I Don't Have To Be Me (' til Monday)" (2001) </Td> <Td> "Waitin' on Joe" (2002) </Td> </Tr> <P> "I Don't Have To Be Me (' til Monday)" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Steve Azar . It was released in October 2001 as the lead - off single from his album Waitin' on Joe . The song peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, becoming Azar's highest - peaking single . Azar wrote this song with R.C. Bannon and Jason Young . It also peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it his first and only Hot 100 entry, as well as his most successful single to date . </P> <P> In the song, the male narrator decides to call in sick on Friday so that he can have a three - day weekend . </P>

I don't have to be me til monday