Cinderella (Vince Gill song)

"Cinderella" is a song written by Reed Nielsen, and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in March 1987 as the first single from the album The Way Back Home. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Content

"Cinderella" is about a male narrator having a conversation with a friend whom he thinks is forcing his girlfriend into a subservient role which the narrator compares to Cinderella. The narrator threatens to "take the girl and treat her like a real person if the friend doesn't change his ways." Gill plays mandolin and banjo on the track, which led him to compare the song to bluegrass music mixed with New Wave music, as well as "a cross between Bill Monroe and the Beatles."

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak posttion
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3

References

Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 135.
^ Sgammato, Jo (1999). For the Music: The Vince Gill Story. Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-47275-5.
"Vince Gill Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

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Studio albums	The Things That Matter The Way Back Home When I Call Your Name Pocket Full of Gold I Still Believe in You When Love Finds You High Lonesome Sound The Key Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye Next Big Thing These Days Guitar Slinger Bakersfield Down to My Last Bad Habit Okie
Compilation albums	Souvenirs Icon
Christmas albums	Let There Be Peace on Earth Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection
Extended plays	Turn Me Loose
Notable singles	"If It Weren't for Him" "Oklahoma Borderline" "Cinderella" "Let's Do Something" "Everybody's Sweetheart" "Never Alone" "Oklahoma Swing" "When I Call Your Name" "Never Knew Lonely" "Pocket Full of Gold" "Liza Jane" "Look at Us" "Take Your Memory with You" "I Still Believe in You" "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" "No Future in the Past" "One More Last Chance" "Tryin' to Get Over You" "Whenever You Come Around" "What the Cowgirls Do" "When Love Finds You" "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)" "You Better Think Twice" "Go Rest High on That Mountain" "High Lonesome Sound" "Worlds Apart" "Pretty Little Adriana" "A Little More Love" "You and You Alone" "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man" "Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye" "Feels Like Love" "Next Big Thing"
Guest singles	"The Heart Won't Lie" "House of Love" "I Will Always Love You" "It's Not Over" "If You Ever Leave Me" "Building Bridges" "Don't Rush" "I Just Can't Help Believing" "Sober Saturday Night" "Dear Hate" "Heaven by Then"
Other songs	"Here We Are" "I Can't Tell You Why"
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"Cinderella" by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm

Universe

Characters	Buttons Cinderella Ugly sisters Fairy godmother Wicked stepmother Prince Charming
National variation	Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (Malay and Indonesian) Beauty and Pock Face (Chinese) Chūjō-hime (Japanese) Fair, Brown and Trembling (Irish) Finette Cendron (French) The Green Knight (Danish) Katie Woodencloak (Norwegian) Kongjwi and Patjwi (Korean) Maria (Philippines) Ochikubo Monogatari (Japanese) "Rhodopis" (Greek) Rushen Coatie (Scottish) The Sharp Grey Sheep (Scottish) The Story of Tấm and Cám (Vietnamese) Sumiyoshi Monogatari (Japanese) The True Bride (German) The Wonderful Birch (Russian) Ye Xian (Chinese)
Related	Jacinda Vidrio Catskin Into the Woods Into the Woods (2014 film) Politically Correct Bedtime Stories Disney's characters Stop! Look! and Laugh! Waltz Suite Black Cinderella Two Goes East Cinderella's Stepsister Cinderella (sports) Lying to Be Perfect Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha (2009) Cinderella's Eyes (2011) Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
Male versions	Askeladden or Boots (Norwegian) Fire Boy (Japanese)

Media

Films

Cinderella (1899)
Cinderella or the Glass Slipper (1912)
Cinderella (1914)
A Lowland Cinderella (1921)
A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)
Ella Cinders (1926)
The Magic Shoes (1935)
First Love (1939)
Princess Cinderella (1941)
Cinderella (1947)
The Glass Slipper (1955)
Cinderella (1955)
Cinderfella (1960)
Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960)
More Than a Miracle (1967)
Tři oříšky pro Popelku (1973)
The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
Cinderella (1979)
Cinderella '80 (1984)
Maid to Order (1987)
Lua de Cristal (1990)
If the Shoe Fits (1990)
Ever After (1998)
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Cinderella (2006)
Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale (2010)
Rags (2012)
Cinderella (2021)
Sneakerella (2022)

A Cinderella Story series	A Cinderella Story (2004) Another Cinderella Story (2008) Once Upon a Song (2011) If the Shoe Fits (2016) Christmas Wish (2019) Starstruck (2021)
Disney's Cinderella	Cinderella (1950) Dreams Come True (2002) A Twist in Time (2007) Cinderella (2015)
Animation	Cinderella Blues (1931) Poor Cinderella (1934) Cinderella Meets Fella (1938) Swing Shift Cinderella (1945) Ancient Fistory (1953) Señorella and the Glass Huarache (1964) Cinderella (1979) The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (1981) The Magic Riddle (1991) Happily N'Ever After (2007) Year of the Fish (2008) Cinderella the Cat (2017) Charming (2018) Cinderella and the Secret Prince (2018)