Gaslighter (song)

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"Gaslighter"
Single by Dixie Chicks
from the album Gaslighter
ReleasedMarch 4, 2020 (2020-03-04)
Genre Country
Length3:23
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jack Antonoff
  • Dixie Chicks
Dixie Chicks singles chronology
"The Neighbor"
(2007)
"Gaslighter"
(2020)
"Julianna Calm Down"
(2020)
Music video
"Gaslighter" on YouTube

"Gaslighter" is a song recorded by American country music group Dixie Chicks from their eighth studio album of the same name. The song was written and produced by the group and Jack Antonoff. [1] [2] "Gaslighter" was the final release by the group before changing their name to "The Chicks" in June 2020.

Contents

Composition

The title of the song refers to gaslighting. [3] The song has been described as an "empowering", [4] "fiery", [1] and "scathing" anthem. [5]

Critical reception

Pitchfork awarded "Gaslighter" their "Best New Track" distinction, with Sam Sodomsky writing that it "merges the open-road optimism of their early records with the sharper power-pop" of their previous album many years earlier, Taking the Long Way . [6]

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Seanne Farmer, [1] and has been described as "a throwback to old school political propaganda". [7]

Charts

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