Goodbye Earl

"Goodbye Earl"
"Goodbye Earl"
Single by Dixie Chicks
from the album Fly
B-side	"Stand by Your Man"
Released	February 28, 2000
Recorded	1999
Genre	Country; murder ballad;
Length	4:20
Label	Monument
Songwriter(s)	Dennis Linde
Producer(s)	Blake Chancey; Paul Worley;
Dixie Chicks singles chronology
Music video
	"Goodbye Earl" on YouTube

"Goodbye Earl" is a country murder ballad written by Dennis Linde. Initially recorded by the band Sons of the Desert for an unreleased album in the late 1990s, the song gained fame when it was recorded by Dixie Chicks on their fifth studio album, Fly. After charting from unsolicited airplay in late 1999, the song was released as that album's third single in 2000, peaking at #13 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. The CD single includes a 'B-Side' cover of "Stand By Your Man" by Tammy Wynette. In 2021, it was listed at No. 469 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Best Songs of All Time".^[2]

^ Rolling Stone Staff (15 September 2021). "500 Best Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 October 2022. A murder ballad with a modern, feminist twist, this jaunty song about poisoning an abusive husband spawned disparate reactions.
^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2022-07-03.

[1] Rolling Stone Staff (15 September 2021). "500 Best Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 October 2022. A murder ballad with a modern, feminist twist, this jaunty song about poisoning an abusive husband spawned disparate reactions.

[2] "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2022-07-03.

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