I Don't Wanna Play House
| "I Don't Wanna Play House" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "Soakin' Wet" |
| "I Don't Wanna Play House" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "Am I Blue" |
"I Don't Wanna Play House" is a song written by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton. In 1967, the song was Tammy Wynette's first number one country song as a solo artist. "I Don't Wanna Play House" spent three weeks at the top spot and a total of eighteen weeks on the chart.[1] The recording earned Wynette the 1968 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Content
In the song, the narrator, a young mother whose husband has left her, overhears her daughter describing to a neighbor boy their broken home, and informing him that she doesn't want to play house since, after observing her parents' troubles, she knows that it cannot be fun.
Chart performance
| Chart (1967) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 3 |
| U.K. Singles Chart | 37 |
Cover Versions
Connie Francis released a cover version of the song in August 1968. It peaked at # 40 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Charts.[2] Lynn Anderson covered the song in 1970 on her album Rose Garden.
Loretta Lynn covered the song on her 1968 album, Fist City. Barbara Ray recorded a version that was top 10 in Australia
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 399.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 97.
External links
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