Paint Me a Birmingham

"Paint Me a Birmingham"
Single by Tracy Lawrence
from the album Strong
Released October 13, 2003
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 3:47
Label DreamWorks Nashville 14205
Writer(s) Buck Moore
Gary Duffy
Producer James Stroud
Tracy Lawrence singles chronology
"What a Memory"
(2002)
"Paint Me a Birmingham"
(2003)
"It's All How You Look at It"
(2004)

"Paint Me a Birmingham" is a song written by Buck Moore and Gary Duffy. It was concurrently released by American country music artists Ken Mellons and Tracy Lawrence, whose versions entered the country charts within one week of each other. Lawrence's was the more successful of the two, reaching #4 in early 2004 and becoming his first Top 5 country hit since "Lessons Learned" in 2000.[1]

Contents

Content

The narrator describes an encounter on the beach with an artist who is painting ocean scenes. The singer then asks the painter to paint a picture of the plans the man and his lost lover had actually made.

Music video

The music video was filmed live in concert.

Chart positions

Ken Mellons

Chart (2003) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 54

Tracy Lawrence

Chart (2003-2004) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 42

Parodies

On his 2005 album Bipolar and Proud, country music parodist Cledus T. Judd parodied the song as "Bake Me a Country Ham". Judd's parody charted at #58 on the country music charts as well.

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.