Jezebel (Chely Wright song)

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"Jezebel"
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Single by Chely Wright
from the album Never Love You Enough
B-side "Never Love You Enough"
ReleasedDecember 22, 2001
Genre Country
Length3:10
Label MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Chely Wright singles chronology
"Never Love You Enough"
(2001)
"Jezebel"
(2001)
"Back of the Bottom Drawer"
(2004)

"Jezebel" is a song recorded by American country music artist Chely Wright. The song was written by Rascal Flatts member Jay DeMarcus, who was formerly part of her road band, and Marcus Hummon, with the song being produced by Wright and Paul Worley. MCA Nashville released the single to country radio on December 22, 2001 as the second and final single from Wright's fifth studio album Never Love You Enough (2001). It was also her final single for the label before she was dropped.

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The song reached a moderate peak of number 23 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, becoming her seventh top-forty hit on the chart. [1] The music video, directed by Trey Fanjoy, became a success on Country Music Television and later won at the inaugural 2002 CMT Flameworthy Awards for Fashion Plate Video of the Year.

Content

The song is an up-tempo "fusion of contemporary country and traditional elements" about a woman confronting another woman with whom her man has had an affair. [2]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard reviewed the song favorably, comparing the song's theme to "Jolene" by Dolly Parton: "[w]hile 'Jolene' left Parton begging with the temptress to release her man, 'Jezebel' finds Wright passionately staking her claim and boldly confronting her competition." She also praised Wright's "engaging vocal personality" and the production. [2]

Music video

The music video for "Jezebel" features a concept far different from Wright's other videos. The video was directed by Trey Fanjoy. The video opens up with Wright in what seems to be in a hotel. There are cut scenes that feature her boyfriend in a nightclub with another woman, the "Jezebel" in this case. Fearing her boyfriend is cheating on her, Wright decides to visit a psychic. The psychic uses tarot cards to read into what her boyfriend is doing. In the next scene, Wright is shown playing with a voodoo doll. She uses the doll on the other woman, making her sweat and accidentally dropping her wine on herself. The following scene then shows Wright outside her apartment building in the rain, waiting for her lover to come home. The other woman is then left alone in the soaking rain, while Wright's boyfriend returns back to her, following the lyrics of the song.

The music video premiered on CMT and GAC on December 7, 2001. [3]

Chart performance

"Jezebel" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of December 22, 2001, at number 50. The song then rose up to number 41 the following week. However, the song fell to number 43 on the first week of 2002. The song entered the top-forty the first time on January 12, 2002, at number 40. The song followed the week after at number 38. "Jezebel" slowly rose up to its peak of number 23 on the chart the week of April 13, 2002, becoming Wright's seventh top-forty hit.

Charts

Chart (2001-2002)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 23

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