"I'm Not Lisa" is a country music

Country music

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 song written and recorded by American country artist Jessi Colter

Jessi Colter

Jessi Colter is an American country music artist who is best known for her collaboration with her husband, country singer and songwriter Waylon Jennings and for her 1975 country-pop crossover hit "I'm Not Lisa"....

. It was released as a single on January 16, 1975 by Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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. "I'm Not Lisa" would become Colter's first major hit as a solo artist.

Content

"I'm Not Lisa" was written by Colter and describes the pain that comes with dating someone who has not gotten over their previous lover. Therefore the narrator of the song, Julie, laments the fact that her lover keeps mentioning his previous lover, named Lisa.

While singing on the recording of the original version of the song, Colter also played the song's piano accompaniment on the keyboards

Keyboard instrument

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. The song was produced by Ken Mansfield and Colter's husband, Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...

. Both men would also produce Colter's 1975 album, as well as her further releases for Capitol records. The song has since been covered by many artists, including Rosemary Clooney

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, Marianne Faithful, Tanya Tucker

Tanya Tucker

Tanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13...

, Faith Hill

Faith Hill

Faith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S...

 and noise rock band Killdozer (band)

Killdozer (band)

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 for their 1986 EP Burl, and Nana Mouskouri in a French version. Most recently, Elizabeth Cook

Elizabeth Cook

Elizabeth Cook is an American country music singer who made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry on March 17, 2000. She has released five albums to date. Balls was produced by Rodney Crowell, and nine of the album's 11 tracks were written or co-written by Elizabeth – including the single "Sometimes It...

 recorded a version for her 2002 album Hey, Y'all

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. In 2005, Erika Jo

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 recorded a version for her self-titled debut album

Erika Jo (album)

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, and also released it as single to country radio, but it failed to chart. Deana Carter

Deana Carter

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 performed a cover of the song with Colter for her 2007 album, The Chain

The Chain (Deana Carter album)

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Chart performance

"I'm Not Lisa" was released on Capitol Records January 6, 1975, making its debut on the country chart February 15. The song became Colter's commercial breakthrough as a solo artist, peaking at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 chart, while also becoming a major crossover Pop

Pop music

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 hit, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100

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 as well. In addition, the song also reached #16 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

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 chart, and was released on Colter's debut Capitol album, I'm Jessi Colter

I'm Jessi Colter

I'm Jessi Colter is a studio album by American country music artist, Jessi Colter. The album was released on Capitol Records in January 1975 and was produced by Ken Mansfield...

. The song earned Colter a Grammy award

Grammy Award

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 nomination in the category of Best Female Country Vocal Performance and a Country Music Association Awards

Country Music Association Awards

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 nomination.

Colter's follow-up single "What's Happened to Blue Eyes

What's Happened to Blue Eyes

"What's Happened to Blue Eyes" is a country music song recorded by American country artist, Jessi Colter. The song was released as her second single under Capitol Records August 4, 1975, peaking as a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Country Chart and a minor hit on the Pop chart.-Content:"What's...

" became a Top 10 country hit. However, none of her subsequent releases for Capitol in the 1970s came close to the success of "I'm Not Lisa," which later became Colter's signature tune and her only #1 single.

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	16
Canadian RPM Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Pop Singles	6
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Singles	1
Austrian Top 40	17
New Zealand Singles Chart	17