B-side "Here for the Party" Format CD single Genre Country | Released March 23, 2004 Recorded 2004 Length 3:42 | |
"Redneck Woman" is the a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Gretchen Wilson. It was released in March 2004 as the lead-off single to her multi-platinum debut album Here for the Party. The song was also Wilson's only number one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, and also earned her a No. 22 pop hit in the U.S. Wilson wrote this song with John Rich.
Contents
The song, which is considered Wilson's signature song, also earned a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 2005.
The song appears on the games Karaoke Revolution Country and “Country Dance”.
In 2005, Jill Johnson covered the song on her album Being Who You Are.
Music Video
In the video, Wilson is depicted performing in a western-style club with a live band, cage girls dancing in the background, and patrons in the crowd that are drinking beer. Scenes of Wilson driving a 1973-87 General Motors pickup truck and a four-wheeler through the mud with two men are interspersed throughout the video. The music video includes the following guest stars: Big and Rich, Tanya Tucker, Hank Williams, Jr. and Kid Rock. The music video was ranked #11 on CMT's 100 Greatest Videos in 2008.
Chart performance
The song spent five weeks at number 1 on the Hot Country Songs charts. In doing so, it became the first number 1 hit on that chart for a female solo act since "Blessed" by Martina McBride in April 2002, and the first for Epic Records Nashville since "It Must Be Love" in December 1998.
"Redbird Fever"
In late 2004, Wilson recorded a re-written version, titled "Redbird Fever" to commemorate the St. Louis Cardinals' entering the World Series (as well as her devotion to the team). "Redbird Fever" spent one week at #60 on the country singles charts dated for the week ending November 13, 2004.
Television
In the third episode of the TV series Smash, Katharine McPhee performed the song in a karaoke bar.
A contestant on the reality show Killer Karaoke sang the song while being dunked into a tank on snakes.