"Homewrecker"
Single by Gretchen Wilson
from the album Here for the Party
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2005 (2005-01-17)
Genre
Length3:26
LabelEpic Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Gretchen Wilson singles chronology
"When I Think About Cheatin'"
(2004)		 "Homewrecker"
(2005)		 "All Jacked Up"
(2005)

"Homewrecker" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Gretchen Wilson. The song was written by Wilson, George Teren, and Rivers Rutherford, with the song being produced by Joe Scaife and Mark Wright. Epic Nashville released it on January 17, 2005 as the fourth and final single from Wilson's debut album Here for the Party (2004). The song lyrically shows Wilson confronting another woman who wants to have an affair with her lover.

"Homewrecker" received mixed reviews but was a commercial success. The song became her fourth consecutive top ten hit on the Hot Country Songs chart, reaching number two; the song's position made Wilson the first female artist since Deana Carter to have her first four singles to enter the top ten at country radio.

Content

In "Homewrecker," the female narrator addresses another female who wants to commit adultery with the narrator's lover. The narrator refers to this other woman as a "homewrecker," and threatens to "go to kickin' [her] pretty little butt.".[1]

Critical reception

Johnny Loftus of Allmusic said that Wilson "happily belts out the harder edges" of the song, contrasting it with Wilson's vocal performance on the ballad "When I Think About Cheatin'."[2] In Rolling Stone, Jon Caramanica also contrasted "Homewrecker" with other songs on the album, saying that its role of "moral arbiter" was "just as impassioned" as the other "country persona[s]" on the album.[3] Stylus Magazine critic Josh Love compared the song's sound to that of the Dixie Chicks and said that it was "less about cloistered worship than a real-world application of the life-affirming principles first put forth by" the Dixie Chicks and Shania Twain.[4] Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a negative rating. He stated that the song sounds like more of "a rip-off of than a homage to Loretta Lynn."[5]

Chart performance

"Homewrecker" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts dated for the week ending January 29, 2005 at number 58. The song fell off the chart the next week but re-entered on February 12, 2005 at number 50. The song reached a peak of number two and stayed there for three weeks, being blocked from the top spot by both Jo Dee Messina's "My Give a Damn's Busted" and Keith Urban's "Making Memories of Us". It spent a total of twenty weeks on the charts.[6] "Homewrecker" became Wilson's fourth consecutive top ten on the country charts, making her the first female singer since Deana Carter in 1996 and 1997 to have their first four singles to chart in the top ten.[7]

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 56
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2005) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[10] 33

References

  1. ↑ Joe Heim (19 May 2004). "Don't Let Her Name Fool You". The Washington Post. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Johnny Loftus. "Here for the Party review". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  3. ↑ Jon Caramanica (24 June 2004). "Here for the Party review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  4. ↑ Josh Love (21 June 2004). "Gretchen Wilson — Here for the Party". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  5. ↑ Coyne, Kevin John (2005-02-11). "Gretchen Wilson - "Homewrecker"". Country Universe. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  7. ↑ Fred Bronson (16 April 2005). "Chart Beat: No. 1 Wilson Drives a 4×4". Billboard. p. 61.
  8. ↑ "Gretchen Wilson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Gretchen Wilson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Best of 2005: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2005. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.