Did I Shave My Legs for This? (song)

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"Did I Shave My Legs for This?"
Did I Shave My Legs for This single.jpg
CD single cover
Single by Deana Carter
from the album Did I Shave My Legs for This?
ReleasedOctober 27, 1997 [1]
Genre
Length3:11
Label Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)
  • Deana Carter
  • Rhonda Hart
Producer(s) Chris Farren
Deana Carter singles chronology
"How Do I Get There"
(1997)		"Did I Shave My Legs for This?"
(1997)		"Absence of the Heart"
(1998)

"Did I Shave My Legs for This?" is a song by American country music artist Deana Carter, recorded as the title track for her debut studio album Did I Shave My Legs for This? (1995). Carter co-wrote the single with Rhonda Hart while Chris Farren produced it. It was released by Capitol Nashville on October 27, 1997, as the seventh and final single from the album.

Contents

The song peaked at number 25 on the US Hot Country Songs chart. [2]

Content

The song is a lament from the point of view of a woman who lives in a mobile home with her husband. The couple had a romantic night planned, and the woman prepared by going to a beauty salon, buying a new dress and shoes, and shaving her legs, but when she arrives home, expecting "flowers and wine" from her husband, she is disappointed to see that he is interested only in watching television and drinking beer.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997–1998)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 36
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 85
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 25

Awards and nominations

The song was nominated for both Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 1998 Grammy Awards.

Covers and parodies

The song was parodied by country music parodist Cledus T. Judd as "Did I Shave My Back for This?", from his 1998 album of the same name. Carter appears briefly in the music video for the song.

References

  1. ↑ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records . No. 1220. October 24, 1997. p. 62.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 67.
  3. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2112." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. December 8, 1997. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Deana Carter Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ↑ "Deana Carter Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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