"Ballad of a Teenage Queen" is a country song

Country Song

"Country Song" is a song by Pink Floyd. David Gilmour provides the lead vocals . It was originally meant to be on the soundtrack to the film Zabriskie Point, but Michelangelo Antonioni didn't want it in the film...

 by Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

 from his 1958 album Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous

Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous

Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous is the second album by singer Johnny Cash. It was originally released on 13 November 1958, but later re-issued in 2003, under the label Varèse Sarabande, with four different versions of tracks already present on the original LP as a bonus.-Track...

. The song hit number one on the US Country

Hot Country Songs

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 charts and number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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. The song is 2 minutes and 13 seconds long.

Content

The song, written by Jack Clement, tells the story of a "small town girl" (the prettiest they've ever seen) who loved the boy next door (who worked at the candy store). She was taken to Hollywood by a movie scout where she became famous, leaving the boy. Eventually she sold all her fame to go back to the boy from the candy store because amid it all she was unhappy without him.

Chart positions

Chart (1958)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	14