The Bargain Store (song)

"The Bargain Store"
Single by Dolly Parton
from the album The Bargain Store
B-side	"I'll Never Forget"
Released	January 13, 1975
Genre	Country
Length	2:42
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	Dolly Parton
Producer(s)	Bob Ferguson
Dolly Parton singles chronology
"Love Is Like a Butterfly" (1974) "The Bargain Store" (1975) "The Seeker" (1975)

"The Bargain Store" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton. It was released in January 1975 as the first single and title track from the album The Bargain Store . The song was Parton's fifth number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The song stayed at number one for a single week and spent nine weeks on the country chart. ^[1]

Content

Worn, second-hand merchandise in a discount store is used as a metaphor for a woman emotionally damaged by an ill-fated relationship. However, the song was dropped from a number of country stations' playlists when programmers mistook the line "you can easily afford the price" as a thinly veiled reference to prostitution.

Chart performance

Chart (1975)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2]	1
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [3]	35
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 261.
2. "Dolly Parton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
3. "Dolly Parton Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.