The Bargain Store (song)

"The Bargain Store" is the title track of Dolly Parton's 1975 album The Bargain Store. The song was written by Dolly Parton, and released as the album's first single in January 1975. "The Bargain Store" was Dolly Parton's fifth number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The song stayed at number one for a single week and spent nine weeks on the country chart.^[1]

The title track of Parton's 1975 album, worn and second-hand merchandise in a discount store is used as a metaphor for a woman emotionally damaged by an ill-fated relationship. However, the song was dropped from a number of country stations' playlists when programmers mistook the line "you can easily afford the price" as a thinly veiled reference to prostitution. Despite the decreased airplay, the song nonetheless became a major hit in the late winter of 1975.

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