"Redneck Woman" | ||||
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Single by Gretchen Wilson | ||||
from the album Here for the Party | ||||
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Released | March 15, 2004 | |||
Studio | Sony/Tree (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
Genre | Country [1] | |||
Length | 3:42 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
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Gretchen Wilson singles chronology | ||||
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"Redneck Woman" is the debut single of American country music artist Gretchen Wilson, released on March 15, 2004, from her debut studio album, Here for the Party (2004). Wilson co-wrote the song with John Rich. It is Wilson's only number-one single on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song also reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. Internationally, the song found modest success in Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, reaching number 50 on the Australian Singles Chart, number 45 on the Irish Singles Chart, and number 42 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song, which is considered Wilson's signature song, [2] also earned a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 2005. [3] In June 2014, Rolling Stone ranked the song number 97 on the "100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time". [4] In May 2024, Rolling Stone updated their rankings to include 200 songs, placing "Redneck Woman" at number 197. [5]
The song spent five weeks at number one on the Hot Country Songs charts. [6] In doing so, it became the first number-one hit on that chart for a female solo act since "Blessed" by Martina McBride in March–April 2002, and the first for Epic Records Nashville since "It Must Be Love" in December 1998. [7] On the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, the song reached number 22, becoming Gretchen Wilson's highest-charting single on that chart. [8]
Outside the United States, "Redneck Woman" proved to be a moderate success in three countries: Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. In Australia, the song debuted and peaked at number 50 on the chart dated July 25, 2004, but fell out of the top 50 the next week. [9] On the Irish Singles Chart, the track made its only appearance in the top 50 at number 45 on August 26, 2004. [10] In the United Kingdom, the single garnered support from BBC Radio 2 and debuted at number 42—its peak—on August 29, 2004, then dropped to number 68 the following week before exiting the top 100 the week after. [1] [11]
In the video, directed by David Hogan, Wilson is depicted performing in a western-style club with a live band, cage girls dancing in the background, and patrons in the crowd that are drinking beer. Scenes of Wilson driving a 1973–1987 General Motors pickup truck and a four-wheeler through the mud with two men are interspersed throughout the video. The video includes appearances from Kid Rock, Big & Rich, Tanya Tucker, and Hank Williams Jr., the latter two of whom are name-dropped in the song. In 2008, CMT voted the song number 11 on its list of the "100 Greatest Videos".
UK CD single [12]
Australian CD single [13]
Credits are taken from the Here for the Party album booklet. [14]
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Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | March 15, 2004 | Country radio | Epic | [19] |
Australia | July 12, 2004 | CD | [20] | |
United Kingdom | August 23, 2004 | [1] |
In late 2004, Wilson recorded a re-written version, titled "Redbird Fever" to commemorate the St. Louis Cardinals' entering the World Series (as well as her devotion to the team). "Redbird Fever" spent one week at number 60 on the US Billboard Country Singles Chart dated for the week ending November 13, 2004. [21]
In the third episode of the TV series Smash , Katharine McPhee performed the song in a karaoke bar. [22]
American parody artist Cledus T. Judd released a parody of "Redneck Woman" titled "Paycheck Woman" on his 2004 album Bipolar and Proud .
Gretchen Frances Wilson is an American country music singer and songwriter. She made her debut in March 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman", a number-one hit on the Billboard country charts. The song served as the lead-off single of her debut album, Here for the Party. Wilson followed this album one year later with All Jacked Up, the title track of which became the highest-debuting single for a female country artist upon its 2005 release. A third album, One of the Boys, was released in 2007.
Here for the Party is the debut studio album by American country music singer Gretchen Wilson. It was released on May 11, 2004 through Epic Records Nashville. After singing in a bar, she met John Rich of Big & Rich, who invited her to work with him. She would later join the MuzikMafia, a collection of Nashville singers and songwriters that gathered weekly to play songs. Wilson recorded the album in Nashville, Tennessee. The album was produced by Joe Scaife, Mark Wright, and John Rich.
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