@JenniferNettles' #ThatGirl, Full Lyrics and Review
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| 2011 The Incredible Tour. Courtesy: Sugarland's Facebook Page |
It's no secret that I am a die-hard country music fan. If you want to get the chronology of my love for it, tweet at me at @olubela.
Like many, I was glad to hear that Jennifer Nettles was working on her solo album. I love Sugarland, but I lurve me some Jennifer Nettles. I often have felt she needed to get one Female of the Year CMA award. Haba! Also, most people don't know this, but JN comes from a rock background, which is why she always would cover at least one rock song during her tour performances. I believe it will be obvious in her new album too. By the way, I have never seen someone who loves to perform like JN. Beyonce comes close. When you add JN's electic background to her unique-twang voice, you can't help but get excited for her new work. I predict it would stun the country music world and it will be a great year for her. I mostly am excited about That Girl, her first single which you can listen to below.
The geniusness in Jennifer Nettles is that she tells the "other girl"'s story too well. I still can't get over with how much Stay makes me emotional. I cry every time I hear that song, which is weird because I have never been that girl. And, I admit, it took me a while to realize the song was about the other girl. The emotions wash over me and hold me fast to Jennifer's voice to even assimilate what she's saying. But when I did, it didn't change or cloud my emotions. Perhaps, this is part of my growth and what creative writing has taught me: that every character deserves a voice. Just because I don't want to get into a serial killer's head doesn't mean the story isn't meant to be told. Yep, Netlix, this is my response to your The Fall.
Now, Jennifer Nettles is back with a sultry and slinky response to Dolly Parton's Jolene ...
To better understand and appreciate JN's That Girl, you have to have heard and understood Dolly Parton's Jolene: a classic.
In closing, female country music singers are holding the forte in releasing songs with depth. The current male summer songs are mostly about beer, women and summering: cliche party songs! I can't wait for JN's solo album. You bet I am buying myself a CD.
Update: swapped the pulled SoundCloud with the GMA performance.
Like many, I was glad to hear that Jennifer Nettles was working on her solo album. I love Sugarland, but I lurve me some Jennifer Nettles. I often have felt she needed to get one Female of the Year CMA award. Haba! Also, most people don't know this, but JN comes from a rock background, which is why she always would cover at least one rock song during her tour performances. I believe it will be obvious in her new album too. By the way, I have never seen someone who loves to perform like JN. Beyonce comes close. When you add JN's electic background to her unique-twang voice, you can't help but get excited for her new work. I predict it would stun the country music world and it will be a great year for her. I mostly am excited about That Girl, her first single which you can listen to below.
Video: GMA performance
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| 2011 The Incredible Tour. Courtesy: Sugarland's Facebook Page |
The lyrics
A friend gave me your number
To tell you watch your lover’s tracks
See I always kind of liked you
So, I wanna have your back
There is a good chance by the time you hear this
His story’s gonna say
That I came on to him. But it was never quite that way.
I knew he was good looking, maybe too good to be true.
When he kissed me in that alley, I could tell there was a you
I don’t want to be that girl, with your guy
To fool you, make you cry
Wreck it all, for one night
To be with him when he should be with you
I don’t want all the dirty looks, the headlines
So, I called you, to explain why
Why I wound up, with your guy
When I don’t wanna be that girl.
I know boys can be promiscuous
Yeah, that’s just what they do
But this involves the both of us
Yeah, it’s our business too
So, I thought I’d call to tell you
It was never in my plan. I’m not the scarlet Devil
I don’t want to take your man
Imagine how surprised I was
When he got up to leave. It wasn’t my name on his lips
No, he didn’t call for me. He didn’t say, Jolene
I don’t want to be that girl, with your guy
To fool you, make you cry
Wreck it all, for one night
To be with him when he should be with you
I don’t want all the dirty looks, the headlines
So, I called you, to explain why
Why I wound up, with your guy
When I don’t wanna be that girl.
We all know how the moral of the story goes
Be careful what you reap because you reap what you sow
I’m calling ‘cause I really thought you should know
Even though he’s being that guy
I don’t want to be that girl, with your guy
To fool you, make you cry
Wreck it all, for one night
To be with him when he should be with you
I don’t want all the dirty looks, the headlines
So, I called you, to explain why
Why I wound up, with your guy
When I don’t wanna be that girl.
To tell you watch your lover’s tracks
See I always kind of liked you
So, I wanna have your back
There is a good chance by the time you hear this
His story’s gonna say
That I came on to him. But it was never quite that way.
I knew he was good looking, maybe too good to be true.
When he kissed me in that alley, I could tell there was a you
I don’t want to be that girl, with your guy
To fool you, make you cry
Wreck it all, for one night
To be with him when he should be with you
I don’t want all the dirty looks, the headlines
So, I called you, to explain why
Why I wound up, with your guy
When I don’t wanna be that girl.
I know boys can be promiscuous
Yeah, that’s just what they do
But this involves the both of us
Yeah, it’s our business too
So, I thought I’d call to tell you
It was never in my plan. I’m not the scarlet Devil
I don’t want to take your man
Imagine how surprised I was
When he got up to leave. It wasn’t my name on his lips
No, he didn’t call for me. He didn’t say, Jolene
I don’t want to be that girl, with your guy
To fool you, make you cry
Wreck it all, for one night
To be with him when he should be with you
I don’t want all the dirty looks, the headlines
So, I called you, to explain why
Why I wound up, with your guy
When I don’t wanna be that girl.
We all know how the moral of the story goes
Be careful what you reap because you reap what you sow
I’m calling ‘cause I really thought you should know
Even though he’s being that guy
I don’t want to be that girl, with your guy
To fool you, make you cry
Wreck it all, for one night
To be with him when he should be with you
I don’t want all the dirty looks, the headlines
So, I called you, to explain why
Why I wound up, with your guy
When I don’t wanna be that girl.
The geniusness in Jennifer Nettles is that she tells the "other girl"'s story too well. I still can't get over with how much Stay makes me emotional. I cry every time I hear that song, which is weird because I have never been that girl. And, I admit, it took me a while to realize the song was about the other girl. The emotions wash over me and hold me fast to Jennifer's voice to even assimilate what she's saying. But when I did, it didn't change or cloud my emotions. Perhaps, this is part of my growth and what creative writing has taught me: that every character deserves a voice. Just because I don't want to get into a serial killer's head doesn't mean the story isn't meant to be told. Yep, Netlix, this is my response to your The Fall.
Now, Jennifer Nettles is back with a sultry and slinky response to Dolly Parton's Jolene ...
No song salutes the power of the side chick like Dolly Parton's Joleneand this time she doesn't address her heart to the guy who's cheating with her but the woman he's cheating on. This time, she picks up the phone and calls the wife. This time, she sings it with jazz, pop and even soul influences, with popping hand claps. The "That Girl" woman is a more empowered, no-nonsense, ready to call BS woman than the "Stay" woman, who it took a journey to finally tell the guy to shove it. The sound works so well that you don't need to hear it said it in the lyrics to know the "That Girl" woman had no idea that the guy was with another woman. When she did, she kicked him to the curb. It also reminds me of Carrie Underwood's Two Black Cadillacs, one of my favorites in her new album. Actually, I love all of the songs on the album. Two Black Cadillacs' a little darker than That Girl but the premise still is the same: two women coming together to fight a cheating man. No need to fight over him. It's not warranted.
— Mark Amaza (@amasonic) August 1, 2013
To better understand and appreciate JN's That Girl, you have to have heard and understood Dolly Parton's Jolene: a classic.
In closing, female country music singers are holding the forte in releasing songs with depth. The current male summer songs are mostly about beer, women and summering: cliche party songs! I can't wait for JN's solo album. You bet I am buying myself a CD.
Update: swapped the pulled SoundCloud with the GMA performance.
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