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1995 single by Alabama
"She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl"
Single by Alabama
from the album In Pictures
B-side"Heartbreak Express"
ReleasedJune 19, 1995
RecordedJanuary 1, 1994
GenreCountry
Length2:53 (single edit) 3:07 (album version)
LabelRCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)Robert Jason
Producer(s)Emory Gordy Jr.
Alabama
Alabama singles chronology
"Give Me One More Shot"
(1995)
"She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl"
(1995)
"In Pictures"
(1995)

"She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl" is a song written by Robert Jason, and recorded by American country music group Alabama. It was released in June 1995 as the lead-off single to their album In Pictures. It peaked at number 2 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, behind "Not on Your Love" by Jeff Carson, while it was a number-one hit in Canada.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine had a mixed review saying that "Randy Owen's vocals never fail to infuse a song with warmth and personality." She went on to say that the song doesn't seem to be at the level of the band's previous singles.

Chart positions

"She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl" debuted at number 54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 1, 1995.

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM) 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1995) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM) 54
US Country Songs (Billboard) 48

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Billboard, July 8, 1995
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2753." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. September 11, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  4. "Alabama Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995". RPM. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  6. "Best of 1995: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
Alabama 1990–2011 singles
Pass It On Down
Greatest Hits Vol. II
American Pride
Cheap Seats
Greatest Hits Vol. III
In Pictures
Dancin' on the Boulevard
For the Record
Twentieth Century
When It All Goes South
Other singles


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