"Rated "X""
Single by Loretta Lynn
from the album Entertainer of the Year
B-side"Till the Pain Outwears the Shame"
ReleasedNovember 20, 1972
RecordedAugust 24, 1971
GenreCountry
Length2:35
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)Loretta Lynn
Producer(s)Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn singles chronology
"Here I Am Again"
(1972)		 "Rated "X""
(1972)		 "Love Is the Foundation"
(1973)

"Rated "X"" is a 1972 single written and recorded by Loretta Lynn. "Rated "X"" was Lynn's sixth number one country single as a solo artist. The single spent one week at number one and a total of fourteen weeks on the chart.[1] The song dealt with the stigma faced by divorced women during the early 1970s, and was regarded as somewhat controversial at the time, due to its frank language.

Cover versions

In 2001, a live version was used as the B-side of the "Hotel Yorba" single by The White Stripes.

The song was recorded by Neko Case for her 2004 live album The Tigers Have Spoken.

Legacy

In the late 1990s, Jack White, lead singer of rock band The White Stripes, who often noted his admiration of Lynn's music, frequently included "Rated "X"" in the White Stripes' concerts; he and Lynn would eventually collaborate on Lynn's 2004 album Van Lear Rose.

Chart performance

Chart (1972ā€“1973) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. ā†‘ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 209.


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