Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)
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"Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" is a country music
song, made famous by Country music singer Loretta Lynn
in early 1967. The song became Lynn's first number-one hit and one of her best-known songs .
". The song was considered very controversial for the time, but was ultimately quite popular. An album of the same name was released following the song's success, which also rose to the top of the charts.
Released in late 1966, "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin'" didn't reach the top spot until February 11, 1967, overtaking Jack Greene's No. 1 hit from late 1966, "There Goes My Everything". The song was the first of 16 No. 1 Country hits Lynn would have over the course of her career. The song set the standard for Lynn's biggest success to come in the early 1970s. Thanks in part to the success of this hit, Lynn became the first female Country entertainer to win the CMA Awards' "Female Vocalist of the Year" award in late 1967.
In 2003, "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin'" placed at No. 47 on CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
song, made famous by Country music singer Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he...
in early 1967. The song became Lynn's first number-one hit and one of her best-known songs .
About the song
One of Loretta Lynn's best-known compositions, "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin" is about an angry wife who is fed up with her husband coming home late every night very drunk and wanting to love her. The song was based on Lynn's personal life; her husband is known to have been a heavy drinker. The song was the first of many controversial songs sung by Lynn, notably 1972's "Rated X" and 1975's "The PillThe Pill (song)
"The Pill" is a 1975 country music song recorded by Loretta Lynn. It is one of her best known songs as well as the most controversial record of her career...
". The song was considered very controversial for the time, but was ultimately quite popular. An album of the same name was released following the song's success, which also rose to the top of the charts.
Released in late 1966, "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin'" didn't reach the top spot until February 11, 1967, overtaking Jack Greene's No. 1 hit from late 1966, "There Goes My Everything". The song was the first of 16 No. 1 Country hits Lynn would have over the course of her career. The song set the standard for Lynn's biggest success to come in the early 1970s. Thanks in part to the success of this hit, Lynn became the first female Country entertainer to win the CMA Awards' "Female Vocalist of the Year" award in late 1967.
In 2003, "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin'" placed at No. 47 on CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music.
Chart performance
| Chart (1966–1967) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
Cover versions
- One year later, following Lynn's success with the song, Lynn's brother, Jay Lee Webb recorded an answer song to "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin'" titled, "I Come Home A'Drinkin' (To a Worn Out Wife Like You)". Her brother's version of the song charted the Country charts that year.
- Tammy WynetteTammy WynetteVirginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
recorded a version for her late 60s album, Your Good Girl's Gonna Go BadYour Good Girl's Gonna Go BadYour Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad is the debut album by American country music singer, Tammy Wynette, released in 1967. It reached number 7 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. "Apartment No. 9" and "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" were released as singles and reached #44 and #3 respectively on the...
. - Recently, a karaoke version of the song was released.
- Gretchen WilsonGretchen WilsonGretchen Frances Wilson is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 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...
recorded a version as part of the album Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta LynnCoal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta LynnCoal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn is a tribute album compiled by various music artists that is dedicated to country music icon Loretta Lynn. It was released in the United States on November 9, 2010 through Columbia Records...
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