"Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" is the title of a song written by Red Lane. It was first recorded by American 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...

 artist Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard

Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...

 on his 1986 album, Out Among the Stars. Haggard's son, Noel Haggard

Noel Haggard

Noel Lee Haggard is an American country music artist.Haggard is the son of country music legend Merle Haggard. He was signed to a recording deal with Atlantic Records and released his debut album, One Lifetime, in 1997...

, covered the song on his 1997 debut album, One Lifetime, and released it as his second single. It peaked at #75 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart in August 1997. George Strait

George Strait

George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional...

 also recorded a version of the song for his 2003 album, Honkytonkville

Honkytonkville

Honkytonkville is the 27th album by American country singer George Strait, released in 2003 by MCA Nashville. One of only a few albums of his career not to produce a Number One single, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA. It produced the singles "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa",...

. Released as the album's first single, Strait's rendition peaked at #11 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Singles & Tracks

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart in July 2003.

Content

The song is about a guy that knows he needs to end things officially with a girl in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...

. He just can’t bring himself to get over her though and he's asking anybody around to tell him something bad about Tulsa so he won't go back into her arms again.

Noel Haggard

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	75

George Strait

"Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" debuted at #48 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 12, 2003.

Chart (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	69