The Wrong Girl

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"The Wrong Girl"
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Digital cover
Single by Lee Ann Womack
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side "The Last Time"
ReleasedFebruary 17, 2004 (2004-02-17) [1]
Recorded2003
Studio
Genre Country
Length3:00
Label MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Byron Gallimore
Lee Ann Womack singles chronology
"Forever Everyday"
(2002)
"The Wrong Girl"
(2004)
"I May Hate Myself in the Morning"
(2004)
Alternative cover
The Wrong Girl.jpg
MCA promotional cover

"The Wrong Girl" is a song by the American country music recording artist Lee Ann Womack. It was written by Liz Rose and Pat McLaughlin, and produced by Byron Gallimore. It was released on February 17, 2004, as the lead and only single from her Greatest Hits compilation album, released via MCA Nashville on May 4, 2004. It reached a peak of number 24 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. To promote the song, Womack performed it at the Grand Ole Opry and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . [2] [3]

Contents

Content

"The Wrong Girl" is about a guy who is told to have it all (a great apartment, a nice car, the job he's always wanted, etc.) but Womack sings that she doesn't think so, claiming he has "the wrong girl." [4]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard gave the song a positive review and wrote, "Womack has one of the most glorious country female voices to come along since Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn. Like those legendary predecessors, she has a knack for combining vulnerability and sassy strength. Womack is the right girl for country radio, and this is the right song." [4] [5]

Chart performance

"The Wrong Girl" debuted at number 57 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of February 21, 2004. The song reached its peak position of number 24 on the chart week dated May 22, 2004.

Personnel

Taken from the Greatest Hits booklet. [6]

Charts

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