Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous

"Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous"
Single by Tracy Byrd
from the album No Ordinary Man
B-side "You Never Know Just How Good You've Got It"[1]
Released April 18, 1994
Format CD single
Recorded 1994
Genre Country
Length 2:51
Label MCA
Writer(s) Byron Hill
Wayne Tester
Producer Jerry Crutchfield
Tracy Byrd singles chronology
"Why Don't That Telephone Ring"
(1993)		 "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous"
(1994)		 "Watermelon Crawl"
(1994)

"Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" is a country song written by Byron Hill and Wayne Tester, and was recorded by Tracy Byrd for MCA Records. The song won an ASCAP Award for being among the most performed country songs of 1994.

Critical reception

Larry Flick, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song is "chock full of hilarious white trash-isms" and calls it Byrd's best single so far. [2]

Chart positions

Chart (1994) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 4
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 15
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 4

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 73. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
  2. ^ Billboard, April 23, 1994
Tracy Byrd
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Top 20 singles
"Holdin' Heaven" · "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" · "Watermelon Crawl" · "The First Step" · "The Keeper of the Stars" · "Walking to Jerusalem" · "Love Lessons" · "Heaven In My Woman's Eyes" · "Big Love" · "Don't Take Her She's All I Got" · "Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine" · "I'm from the Country" · "I Wanna Feel That Way Again" · "Put Your Hand in Mine" · "Just Let Me Be in Love" · "Ten Rounds with José Cuervo" · "The Truth About Men" · "Drinkin' Bone"
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