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| Single by Brad Paisley from the album 5th Gear |
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| Released | June 9, 2008 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Genre | Country | ||||
| Length | 4:34 (Time Well Wasted) 5:03 (5th Gear) |
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| Label | Arista Nashville | ||||
| Writer(s) | Don Sampson Wynn Varble |
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| Producer | Frank Rogers | ||||
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"Waitin' on a Woman" is the title of a song written by Don Sampson and Wynn Varble, and recorded twice by American country music artist Brad Paisley. His first recording of the song was included on his 2005 album Time Well Wasted. Three years later, Paisley re-recorded the song for inclusion on a re-issue of his 2007 album 5th Gear.1 This re-recorded version was issued on June 9, 2008 and became the twenty-first chart single of Paisley's career and became the twelfth #1 single of his career and his eighth consecutive #1 single.
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Content
The song is a mid-tempo composed of three verses. Its central character is a recently-married male sitting on a bench at a shopping mall, waiting for his wife to finish shopping. He is encountered by an older man who, like him, is "waitin' on a woman". The older man explains over the next two verses that, although he has often had to wait for his wife, he does not mind doing so ("I don't guess we've been anywhere / She hasn't made us late, I swear / Sometimes she does it just 'cause she can do it").2 He tells the younger man that he will often find himself "waitin' on a woman" as well. In the third verse, the older male observes that he will most likely die before his wife does ("I've read somewhere statistics show / The man's always the first to go"). After making this realization, he finally states that he will wait for his wife in Heaven (should he die first), because he, too, "[doesn't] mind waitin' on a woman". Some speculate the ending to the video shows Andy getting ready to die, as it shows him wearing a white suit sitting on a white bench on a beach, symbolizing him waiting on a woman in heaven.
Reception
The song received a "thumbs up" review from the country music review site The 9513. Reviewer Matt C. stated that the central character (i.e., Paisley's character in the song) "offer[s] abundant examples of a woman's imperfections while portraying himself as the guy who tolerates it all out of the goodness of his heart... look[ing] like a good guy without degrading his female companion".2 He considered it a superior counterpart to Paisley's late 2003-early 2004 single "Little Moments" (in which the lead character lists off various mistakes his wife has made before admitting that he "live[s] for little moments like that"), but, unlike with "Little Moments", the reviewer felt that the gender observations in "Waitin' on a Woman" seem "delicately appropriate rather than insensitively obtuse".2
Music video
Paisley has referred to "Waitin' on a Woman" as "one of the most important songs" that he's ever recorded. Because of the importance that he places on the song, Paisley asked Andy Griffith to star in the music video, as he felt that Griffith's personality matched the personality of the older man in the song.1 Griffith speaks the old man's lines in the video as well. Jim Shea and Peter Tilden directed the video.
In August 2008, the song's video mix, complete with Griffith's vocals, was sent to radio as well.
Chart performance
"Waitin' on a Woman" debuted at #51 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated for the week of June 28, 2008.3 On the chart week of July 19, it entered the Bubbling Under Hot 100 at #19 (equivalent to #119 on the Billboard Hot 100). For the chart week of September 20, 2008, it has become Paisley's twelvth Number One single overall. It is also his eighth Number One hit in a row, making him the artist with the most consecutive country Number One hits since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990.4
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 44 |
| Canadian Country Singles Chart | 1 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 59 |
| Preceded by "You Look Good in My Shirt" by Keith Urban |
Canadian Country Singles Chart number-one single September 5-September 19, 2008 |
Succeeded by "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" by Kenny Chesney with The Wailers |
| Preceded by "Do You Believe Me Now" by Jimmy Wayne |
Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single September 20, 2008 |
Succeeded by "Do You Believe Me Now" by Jimmy Wayne |
References
- ^ a b "Andy Griffith Stars in Brad's New Video". Great American Country (2008-06-10). Retrieved on 2008-07-06.
- ^ a b c C., Matt (2008-06-15). "Brad Paisley - "Waitin' on a Woman"". The 9513. Retrieved on 2008-07-06.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs - "Waitin' on a Woman"". Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-07-06.
- ^ "Brad Paisley notches one more number one". Country Standard Time (2008-09-08). Retrieved on 2008-09-09.
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