Single White Female (song)
| "Single White Female" | ||||
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| Single by Chely Wright | ||||
| from the album Single White Female | ||||
| B-side | "Let Me In" | |||
| Released | February 9, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Studio | The Tracking Room (Nashville, TN) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:17 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
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| "Single White Female" on YouTube | ||||
"Single White Female" is a song by American country music artist Chely Wright, penned by Canadian country singer-songwriter Carolyn Dawn Johnson and Shaye Smith and produced by Tony Brown, Buddy Cannon, and Norro Wilson; fellow country artist and label mate Trisha Yearwood sings harmony vocals on the song. "Single White Female" was released on February 9, 1999, to radio viaa2b Music, as the lead single and title track to Wright's fourth studio album Single White Female (1999) by MCA Nashville.
The song was a hit on the US Hot Country Songs chart where it spent one week at number one, notably ending the record-breaking eight-week reign of country group Lonestar's single "Amazed". It was also a success in Canada, topping the RPM Canadian Country Tracks and becoming the third most successful country song of 1999 in the country. The track proved to be the breakthrough for Johnson, as she would become a major songwriter and singer in her own rights with co-writes including "Downtime" for Jo Dee Messina and her own hits like "Complicated".