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(s) 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 1999.[1]

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. The song is in the key of F-sharp major with a vocal range from G♯3 to C♯5.[2]

Music video

The music video was filmed live in concert.

Chart positions

Ken Mellons

Chart (2003) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 54

Tracy Lawrence

Chart (2003-2004) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 42

Year-end charts

Chart (2004) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 28

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.
  2. ↑ "'Paint Me a Birmingham' sheet music". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ken Mellons Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Ken Mellons.
  4. ↑ "Tracy Lawrence Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Tracy Lawrence.
  5. ↑ "Tracy Lawrence Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Tracy Lawrence.
  6. ↑ "Best of 2004: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2004. Retrieved July 11, 2012.

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