Released November 20, 1972 Label Decca Producer(s) Owen Bradley | Genre Country Writer(s) Loretta Lynn | |
B-side "Till the Pain Outwards the Shame" | ||
"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.
In 2001, a live cover version was used as the B-side of the "Hotel Yorba" single by The White Stripes.
The song was covered by Neko Case on her 2004 live album The Tigers Have Spoken.
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