19 Somethin'
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| “19 Somethin'” | |||||
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| Single by Mark Wills from the album Greatest Hits |
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| Released | September 23, 2002 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Genre | Country | ||||
| Length | 3:20 | ||||
| Label | Mercury | ||||
| Writer(s) | David Lee, Chris DuBois | ||||
| Producer | Chris Lindsey, Mark Wills | ||||
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"19 Somethin'" is a song by American country music singer Mark Wills. The song was released in late 2002, and spent six weeks at #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart in early 2003. It also reached #23 on the Hot 100 chart. It was also the second most-played song of 2003, according to American Country Countdown's year-end countdown.[1]
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[edit] Content
The song begins with singer's reminiscence of his formative years -- specifically, the 1970s and 1980s. In the first verse and chorus, various 1970s-related bits of pop culture are referenced, such as Stretch Armstrong; the first chorus begins with the line "It was 1970-somethin' / In the world that I grew up in". Verse two, similarly, references 1980s pop culture, such as Farah Fawcett, the Rubik's Cube, and MTV. The second chorus also begins with "It was 1980-somethin'".
In the song's bridge, the singer then expresses his desire to escape to his childhood years ("Now I've got a mortgage and an SUV / All this responsibility makes me wish sometimes / That it was 1970-somethin’").
[edit] Personnel
According to liner notes.
- Tim Akers – keyboards
- J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
- Wes Hightower – background vocals
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
[edit] Parody
- Country music parodist Cledus T. Judd parodied the song as "270 Somethin'" on his 2003 EP A Six Pack of Judd. Judd's parody tells of an obese person who loses weight. In the first chorus, he sings "Now I weigh 270 somethin'"; the figure is dropped to "180 somethin'" in the second chorus.
[edit] Succession
| Preceded by "She'll Leave You With a Smile" by George Strait |
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number one single by Mark Wills January 11-February 15, 2003 |
Succeeded by "The Baby" by Blake Shelton |
