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"The Pill" | ||||
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Single by Loretta Lynn | ||||
from the album Back to the Country | ||||
B-side | "They Don't Make Em Like My Daddy" | |||
Released | 1975 | |||
Recorded | 12 December 1972 | |||
Studio | Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lorene Allen, Don McHan, T. D. Bayless and Loretta Lynn | |||
Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
Loretta Lynn singles chronology | ||||
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"The Pill" is a 1975 country music song recorded by Loretta Lynn. It is one of her best known songs as well as the most controversial record of her career. It is about the freedom a woman receives from birth control pills. The song briefly crossed over into mainstream success peaking at #70 on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming the highest-charting song on the pop chart in Lynn's solo career. The background vocalists on the record are by the Jordanaires.
Despite having the same name and similar themes, it is not related to "The Pill", written by Scottish folk musician Matthew McGinn and performed in the United States by Pete Seeger.