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"The Wrong Girl"
Digital cover
Single by Lee Ann Womack
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side	"The Last Time"
Released	February 17, 2004 (2004-02-17)
Recorded	2003
Studio	Ocean Way Nashville Essential Sound (Nashville, TN)
Genre	Country
Length	3:00
Label	MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Liz Rose Pat McLaughlin
Producer(s)	Byron Gallimore
Lee Ann Womack singles chronology
"Forever Everyday" (2002) "The Wrong Girl" (2004) "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" (2004)
Alternative cover
MCA promotional cover

"The Wrong Girl" is a song by the American country music recording artist Lee Ann Womack. It was written by Liz Rose and Pat McLaughlin, and produced by Byron Gallimore. It was released on February 17, 2004, as the lead and only single from her Greatest Hits compilation album, released via MCA Nashville on May 4, 2004. It reached a peak of number 24 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. To promote the song, Womack performed it at the Grand Ole Opry and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Content

"The Wrong Girl" is about a guy who is told to have it all (a great apartment, a nice car, the job he's always wanted, etc.) but Womack sings that she doesn't think so, claiming he has "the wrong girl."

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard gave the song a positive review and wrote, "Womack has one of the most glorious country female voices to come along since Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn. Like those legendary predecessors, she has a knack for combining vulnerability and sassy strength. Womack is the right girl for country radio, and this is the right song."

Chart performance

"The Wrong Girl" debuted at number 57 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of February 21, 2004. The song reached its peak position of number 24 on the chart week dated May 22, 2004.

Personnel

Taken from the Greatest Hits booklet.

• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Larry Franklin – fiddle
• Byron Gallimore – producer

Charts

References

1. "Going for Adds: Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1542. February 13, 2004. p. 25. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
2. WomackFanFile (September 18, 2012). Lee Ann Womack ~ The Wrong Girl. Retrieved July 23, 2024 – via YouTube.
3. gavinwb1 (May 7, 2020). Wrong Girl - Lee Ann Womack 5/4/04. Retrieved July 23, 2024 – via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
4. ^ Price, Deborah Evans (February 28, 2004). Paoletta, Michael (ed.). "Billboard Picks: Singles | Lee Ann Womack - "The Wrong Girl"". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 9. p. 49. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
5. Paoletta, Michael. "The Wrong Girl (Music)." Billboard 116.9 (2004): 49. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 6 June 2011.
6. Greatest Hits (CD booklet). Lee Ann Womack. MCA Nashville Records. 2004. 001883.
7. "R&R Canada Country Top 30" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1555. May 14, 2004. p. 42. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
8. "Lee Ann Womack Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
9. "R&R Most Heard 2004 | Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1585. December 10, 2004. p. 55. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
10. "Most Played Country Songs of 2004" (PDF). Billboard Radio Monitor. Vol. 12, no. 51. December 17, 2004. p. 42. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

• 2004 songs
• 2004 singles
• Lee Ann Womack songs
• Songs written by Liz Rose
• Songs written by Pat McLaughlin
• MCA Nashville Records singles
• Song recordings produced by Byron Gallimore