Rated "X"

"Rated "X""
Single by Loretta Lynn
from the album Entertainer of the Year – Loretta
B-side "Till the Pain Outwards the Shame"
Released November 20, 1972
Genre Country
Label Decca
Writer(s) Loretta Lynn
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn singles chronology
"Here I Am Again"
(1972)
"Rated "X""
(1972)
"Love Is the Foundation"
(1973)

"Rated "X"" is a 1972 single written and recorded by Loretta Lynn. "Rated 'X'" was Lynn's sixth number one country single as a solo artist. The single spent one week at number one and a total of fourteen weeks on the chart.[1] The song dealt with the stigma faced by divorced women during the early 1970s, and was regarded as somewhat controversial at the time, due to its frank language.

In 2001, a live cover version was used as the B-side of the "Hotel Yorba" single by The White Stripes.

The song was covered by Neko Case on her 2004 live album The Tigers Have Spoken.

Chart performance

Chart (1972–1973) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 209.
Preceded by
"I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me"
by Merle Haggard
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

February 24, 1973
Succeeded by
"The Lord Knows I'm Drinking"
by Cal Smith
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

February 10-February 17, 1973
Succeeded by
"'Til I Get It Right"
by Tammy Wynette


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