"Rated "X"" | ||||
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Single by Loretta Lynn | ||||
from the album Entertainer of the Year | ||||
B-side | "Till the Pain Outwears the Shame" | |||
Released | November 20, 1972 | |||
Recorded | August 24, 1971 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:35 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Songwriter(s) | Loretta Lynn | |||
Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
Loretta Lynn singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
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 .
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 (1972–1973) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
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