The Wrong Girl
| "The Wrong Girl" | ||||
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| Single by Lee Ann Womack | ||||
| from the album Greatest Hits | ||||
| B-side | "The Last Time" | |||
| Released | February 17, 2004[1] | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Byron Gallimore | |||
| Lee Ann Womack singles chronology | ||||
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"The Wrong Girl" is a song by the American country music recording artist Lee Ann Womack, recorded for her 2004 Greatest Hits compilation album. Written by a then-unknown Liz Rose with Pat McLaughlin and produced by Byron Gallimore (Womack's first time working with him), it was released on February 17, 2004, as the lead and only single from the compilation via MCA Nashville. Although lacking a music video, it still was successful, hitting number 24 on the US Hot Country Songs chart. To promote the song, Womack performed it at the Grand Ole Opry and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[2][3]
Content
[edit]"The Wrong Girl" is about a guy who is told to have it all (a great apartment, a nice car, the job he's always wanted, etc.) but Womack sings that she doesn't think so, claiming he has "the wrong girl."[4]
Critical reception
[edit]Deborah Evans Price of Billboard gave the song a positive review and wrote, "Womack has one of the most glorious country female voices to come along since Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn. Like those legendary predecessors, she has a knack for combining vulnerability and sassy strength. Womack is the right girl for country radio, and this is the right song."[4][5]
Chart performance
[edit]"The Wrong Girl" debuted on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of February 21, 2004 at number 57. The song reached a peak position of number 24 on May 22, 2004.
Personnel
[edit]Taken from the Greatest Hits booklet.[6]
- B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Steve Nathan – keyboards
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Larry Franklin – fiddle
- Byron Gallimore – producer
Charts
[edit]Weekly charts
[edit]| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country (Radio & Records)[7] | 30 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8] | 24 |
Year-end charts
[edit]| Chart (2004) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Country (Radio & Records)[9] | 89
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| US Hot Country Singles & Tracks (Billboard)[10] | 90
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References
[edit]- ^ "Going for Adds: Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1542. February 13, 2004. p. 25. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ WomackFanFile (September 18, 2012). Lee Ann Womack ~ The Wrong Girl. Retrieved July 23, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ gavinwb1 (May 7, 2020). Wrong Girl - Lee Ann Womack 5/4/04. Retrieved July 23, 2024 – via YouTube.
{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Price, Deborah Evans (February 28, 2004). Paoletta, Michael (ed.). "Billboard Picks: Singles | Lee Ann Womack - "The Wrong Girl"". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 9. p. 49. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ^ Paoletta, Michael. "The Wrong Girl (Music)." Billboard 116.9 (2004): 49. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 6 June 2011.
- ^ Greatest Hits (CD booklet). Lee Ann Womack. MCA Nashville Records. 2004. 001883.
- ^ "R&R Canada Country Top 30" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1555. May 14, 2004. p. 42. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ "Lee Ann Womack Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "R&R Most Heard 2004 | Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1585. December 10, 2004. p. 55. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ "Most Played Country Songs of 2004" (PDF). Billboard Radio Monitor. Vol. 12, no. 51. December 17, 2004. p. 42. Retrieved July 23, 2024.