She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl

"She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl"
Single by Alabama
from the album In Pictures
B-side "Heartbreak Express"[1]
Released June 19, 1995
Recorded January 1, 1994
Genre Country
Length

2:53 (single edit)

3:07 (album version)
Label RCA
Writer(s) Robert Jason
Producer Emory Gordy, Jr.
Alabama
Alabama singles chronology
"Give Me One More Shot"
(1995)
"She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl"
(1995)
"In Pictures"
(1995)

"She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl" is the title of a song written by Robert Jason and recorded by the country music group Alabama. It was released in June 1995 as the lead-off single to their 1995 album In Pictures. It peaked at number 2 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, while it was a number-one hit in Canada.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine had a mixed review saying that "Randy Owen's vocals never fail to infuse a song with warmth and personality." She went on to say that the song doesn't seem to be at the level of the band's previous singles.[2]

Chart positions

"She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl" debuted at number 54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 1, 1995.

Chart (1995) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Preceded by
"You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone"
by Brooks & Dunn
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

September 11, 1995
Succeeded by
"One Emotion"
by Clint Black

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 19. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
  2. ^ Billboard, July 8, 1995