Rated "X" (song) - Misplaced Pages

"Rated "X"" is a 1972 single written and recorded by Loretta Lynn. "Rated "X"" was Lynn's sixth number one country single as a solo artist. The single spent one week at number one and a total of fourteen weeks on the chart. The song dealt with the stigma faced by divorced women during the early 1970s, and was regarded as somewhat controversial at the time, due to its frank language.

Cover versions

In 2001, a live version was used as the B-side of the "Hotel Yorba" single by The White Stripes.

The song was recorded by Neko Case for her 2004 live album The Tigers Have Spoken.

Legacy

In the late 1990s, Jack White, lead singer of rock band The White Stripes, who often noted his admiration of Lynn's music, frequently included "Rated "X"" in the White Stripes' concerts; he and Lynn would eventually collaborate on Lynn's 2004 album Van Lear Rose.

Chart performance

Chart (1972–1973)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 209.

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Albums Singles Discography with Conway Twitty
1960s	"I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" "Heartaches Meet Mr. Blues" "The Darkest Day" "I Walked Away from the Wreck" "Success" "World of Forgotten People" "The Other Woman" "Before I'm Over You" "Wine, Women and Song" "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be" (with Ernest Tubb) "Happy Birthday" "Blue Kentucky Girl" "Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" (with Ernest Tubb) "The Home You're Tearing Down" "Dear Uncle Sam" "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" "Don't Come Home A'Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" "Sweet Thang" (with Ernest Tubb) "If You're Not Gone Too Long" "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)" "Fist City" "You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out on Me)" "Your Squaw Is on the Warpath" "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)" "Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out" (with Ernest Tubb) "To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)" "Wings Upon Your Horns"
1970s	"I Know How" "You Wanna Give Me a Lift" "Coal Miner's Daughter" "I Wanna Be Free" "You're Lookin' at Country" "One's on the Way" "Here I Am Again" "Rated "X"" "Love Is the Foundation" "Hey Loretta" "They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy" "Trouble in Paradise" "Shadrack, the Black Reindeer" "The Pill" "Home" "When the Tingle Becomes a Chill" "Red, White and Blue" "Somebody Somewhere (Don't Know What He's Missin' Tonight)" "She's Got You" "Why Can't He Be You" "Out of My Head and Back in My Bed" "Spring Fever" "We've Come a Long Way Baby" "I Can't Feel You Anymore" "I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind"
1980s	"Pregnant Again" "Naked in the Rain" "Cheatin' on a Cheater" "Somebody Led Me Away" "I Lie" "Making Love from Memory" "Breakin' It" "Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin', Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You" "Walking with My Memories" "Heart Don't Do This to Me" "Wouldn't It Be Great" "Just a Woman" "Who Was That Stranger" "Fly Away"
1990s– 2010s	"Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette) "Country in My Genes" "Miss Being Mrs." "Portland Oregon" (with Jack White) "Coal Miner's Daughter" (with Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert) "Wouldn't It Be Great" (re-recorded version) "I Fall to Pieces" "Coal Miner's Daughter" (recitation)

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