| "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile" | ||||
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| Single by David Allan Coe | ||||
| from the album Just Divorced | ||||
| B-side | "Someone Special" [1] | |||
| Released | March 1984 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:38 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Johnny Cunningham | |||
| Producer(s) | Billy Sherrill | |||
| David Allan Coe singles chronology | ||||
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"Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile" is a song written by Johnny Cunningham and recorded by David Allan Coe. It was the first single from Coe's 1984 album Just Divorced , and was released to radio in early 1984. The song is Coe's highest-charting single, with a peak of number two on the U.S. country music charts.
The song is a mid-tempo ballad about a young blonde girl, featuring allusions to the iconic Da Vinci painting.
Thom Jurek of Allmusic described the song favorably in his review, saying that "[t]he layered strings and organ work are slick, but they add such warmth and depth in contrast to Coe's voice that it works to devastating effect." [2]
The song spent twenty-two weeks on the Billboard country singles charts, reaching a peak of number two and accounting for Coe's highest peak there. [1] In Canada, it reached Number One on the RPM Country Tracks charts dated for June 30, 1984. [3]
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