Oklahoma Girl is the twenty-first album, a double-disc 40-track retrospective of Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire

Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...

's early years on Mercury Records

Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...

. The tracks included are primarily minor hits released before she became a superstar in the '80s and '90s on MCA Records

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

. No new material was recorded for this compilation, although seven previously unreleased songs from McEntire were found on the compilation. This compilation features all her Mercury singles except "Glad I Waited Just for You" and "I've Waited All My Life for You" which did not make the album.

Disc 1

1. "I Don't Want To Be a One Night Stand" (Layng Martine Jr.) - 2:58
2. "A Cowboy Like You" (Tompall Glaser
   Tompall Glaser
   Tompall Glaser is an American country music artist. Active since the 1950s, he has recorded both as a solo artist and with his brothers Chuck and Jim in the trio Tompall & the Glaser Brothers...
   
   ) - 2:12
3. "(There's Nothing Like The Love) Between a Woman and a Man" (Ruby Hice, Danny Hice) - 2:55
4. "Right Time of Night" (Pete McCann) - 2:34
5. "Invitation to the Blues" (Roger Miller
   Roger Miller
   Roger Dean Miller was an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his honky tonk-influenced novelty songs...
   
   ) - 3:28
6. "Last Night, Ev'ry Night" (Bob Morrison, Jim Zerface, Bill Zerface) - 2:59
7. "Runaway Heart" (Paul Harrison) - 2:58
8. "(I Still Long To Hold You) Now and Then" (Jerry Fuller
   Jerry Fuller
   -Biography:Jerry Fuller was born in Fort Worth, Texas to a musical family, his father having been a singer with Bob Wills' Light Crust Doughboys. Jerry Fuller and his brother Bill performed as a duo in their home state, recording for the local Lin label, before Jerry branched out on his own and...
   
   ) - 2:31
9. "Daddy" (Reba McEntire) - 3:04
10. "The Blues Don't Care Who's Got 'Em" (Wayland Holyfield
    Wayland Holyfield
    Wayland D. Holyfield, , is a prominent American songwriter and leader in the songwriting community.-Early life:Wayland Holyfield was born in Mallettown, Arkansas. He was educated in Arkansas public schools and attended Hendrix College at Conway, Arkansas before graduating from the University of...
    
    , Dickey Lee
    Dickey Lee
    Royden Dickey Lipscomb , known professionally as Dickey Lee , is an American pop/country singer and songwriter, best known for the 1960s teenage tragedy songs "Patches" and "Laurie ."-Career:Lee made his first recordings in his hometown of Memphis for Tampa...
    
    ) - 3:12
11. "Sweet Dreams" (Don Gibson
    Don Gibson
    Donald Eugene "Don" Gibson was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson penned such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1957 into the early 1970s.-Biography:Don Gibson was...
    
    ) - 2:59
12. "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" (Howard Greenfield, Jack Keller) - 2:23
13. "I'm a Woman" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 3:47
14. "I Don't Think Love Oughta Be That Way" (Richard Mainegra, Martine) - 2:40
15. "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven
    (You Lift Me) Up to Heaven
    " Up to Heaven" is a single by American country music artist Reba McEntire. Released in 1980, it was the first single from the album Feel the Fire. The reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart....
    
    " (Johnny MacRae, Morrison, B. Zerface, J. Zerface) - 2:43
16. "Tears on My Pillow
    Tears on My Pillow
    "Tears on My Pillow" is a doo-wop song written by Sylvester Bradford and Al Lewis in 1958. The composition was first recorded by Little Anthony and the Imperials on End Records and was that group's debut recording under that name. Their original recording of the song became a Billboard Top 10 Pop...
    
    " (Sylvester Bradford, Al Lewis) - 2:33
17. "Empty Arms" (Ivory Joe Hunter) - 3:08
18. "Suddenly There's a Valley" (Isham Jones, Chuck Meyer) - 3:29
19. "I Can See Forever in Your Eyes" (Bob DiPiero
    Bob DiPiero
    Bob DiPiero is an American country music songwriter. He has written 15. U.S. Number 1 hits and countless top 20 hits for the likes of Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy, Highway 101, Restless Heart, Ricochet, John Anderson, Montgomery...
    
    ) - 2:43
20. "A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)" (Milton DeLugg, Bob Hilliard) - 2:50

Disc 2

1. "Waitin' for the Sun to Shine" (Aonny Throckmorton) - 2:35
2. "How Does It Feel to Be Free" (Stewart Harris, Keith Stegall
   Keith Stegall
   Robert Keith Stegall is an American country music recording artist and record producer. Active since 1980, Stegall has recorded two-major label studio albums: 1985's Keith Stegall and 1996's Passages...
   
   ) - 3:21
3. "Small Two-Bedroom Starter" (Mitch Johnson, Harry Shannon) - 3:07
4. "Lovin' You, Lovin' Me" (Throckmorton) - 2:50
5. "Only You (And You Alone)
   Only You (And You Alone)
   "Only You " is a pop song composed by Buck Ram. It was recorded most successfully by The Platters, with lead vocals by Tony Williams, in 1955....
   
   " (Buck Ram, Ande Rand) - 2:50
6. "Today All Over Again
   Today All Over Again
   "Today All Over Again" is a single by American country music artist Reba McEntire. Released in 1981, it was the first single from the album Heart to Heart. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
   
   " (Dean Dillon
   Dean Dillon
   Dean Dillon is an American country music artist. Between 1982 and 1993, Dillon recorded six studio albums on various labels, and charted several singles on the Billboard country charts. Although he has not charted since 1993, Dillon has continued to write several hit songs for other artists, most...
   
   , Bobby Harden) - 3:18
7. "Heart" (Jack Conrad, Pamela Philips) - 2:58
8. "I'm Not That Lonely Yet
   I'm Not That Lonely Yet
   "I'm Not That Lonely Yet" is a single by American country music artist Reba McEntire. Released in 1982, it was the first single from the album Unlimited. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of September 4, 1982.-Chart performance:...
   
   " (Bill Rice, Mary Shannon Rice) - 2:41
9. "Old Man River (I've Come to Talk Again)" (Danny Hogan, Ronny Scaife) - 3:31
10. "Whoever's Watchin'" (Gary Morris, Kevin Welch
    Kevin Welch
    Kevin Welch is an American country music artist. He has charted five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and released eight studio albums...
    
    ) - 2:47
11. "Can't Even Get the Blues
    Can't Even Get the Blues
    "Can't Even Get the Blues" is a 1982 single by Reba McEntire. "Can't Even Get the Blues" would be Reba McEntrire's fourteenth country hit and her first number one country hit...
    
    " (Rick Carnes, Tom Damphier) - 2:31
12. "You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving
    You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving
    "You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving" is a 1983 single written by Dickey Lee and Kerry Chater and recorded by Reba McEntire. "You're the First Time I Thought About Leaving" was Reba McEntire's second number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and...
    
    " (Kerry Chater, Lee) - 3:01
13. "Muddy Mississippi" (Johnny Bernard, Julie Jones) - 3:28
14. "Reasons" (McEntire) - 2:07
15. "She Came on Like Lightnin'" (Paul Evans, Jerry Holland) - 3:20
16. "One Good Reason" (DiPiero, MacRae) - 3:02
17. "Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)
    Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)
    "Why Do We Want " is a single by American country music artist Reba McEntire. Released in 1983, it was the first single from the album Behind the Scene. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
    
    " (Don King, Dave Woodward) - 2:38
18. "Pins and Needles" (Janis Carnes, R. Carnes, Chip Hardy) - 2:16
19. "We'll Waltz in Love Tonight" (Tom Davey, MacRae, Morrison) - 3:30
20. "There Ain't No Future in This" (B. Rice, M. S. Rice) - 2:31