Delicious Surprise (song) explained

Delicious Surprise
Type:single
Artist:Beth Hart
Album:Screamin' for My Supper
Genre:Rock
Label:Atlantic
Prev Title:LA Song (Out of This Town)
Prev Year:1999
Next Title:Leave the Light On
Next Year:2004

"Delicious Surprise" is a song co-written and recorded by American singer Beth Hart for her second studio album Screamin' for My Supper (1999). It was released on August 22, 2000 as the second single from the album by Atlantic Records. The song was written by Hart and Glen Burtnik and produced by the two and Tal Herzberg. The song was also her final single for Atlantic Records before leaving the label in 2001. It was later covered in 2005 by Jo Dee Messina for her album Delicious Surprise.

Jo Dee Messina version

Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)
Type:single
Artist:Jo Dee Messina
Album:Delicious Surprise
Genre:Country
Label:Curb
Prev Title:My Give a Damn's Busted
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:Not Going Down
Next Year:2005

"Delicious Surprise" was later recorded by American country music artist Jo Dee Messina. It was released as the second single from her fifth studio album of the same name, re-titled as "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)" by Curb Records on June 20, 2005. Messina's version was produced by Byron Gallimore and Tim McGraw.

Compared to the lead single "My Give a Damn's Busted", the song did underperform, only peaking at number 23 on the Hot Country Songs chart, but it did spend 20 weeks in total.[1]

Chart performance

Messina's version debuted on June 25, 2005 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs at number 57. The song then rose up to number 47 the following week. "Delicious Surprise" then rose to the top forty on July 16 at number 40. The song would later rise to its peak position of number 23 the week of September 24, 2005, spending one week in the position and spending twenty weeks overall. "Delicious Surprise" marked Messina's first single to miss the country top-20 since "Was That My Life" from her 2003 Greatest Hits compilation only reached number 21. It performed better on the Radio & Records Country Top 50, rising as high as number 18.[2]

In Canada, the song performed moderately. "Delicious Surprise" debuted on the Radio & Records Canada Country Top 30 the week of August 5, 2005, at number 27 with 235 total plays, the highest debut of the week. The song then fell to number 29 the next week before rising again to number 28. "Delicious Surprise" rose to a peak of number 24 the week of September 23, 2005. The song overall spent 10 weeks in the country.

Music video

A music video for "Delicious Surprise" was released, with it being filmed by Peter Zavadil. It premiered to CMT on August 4, 2005.[3]

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Canada Country (Radio & Records)[4] 24
US Country Top 50 (Radio & Records)18

Year-end charts

Release history

Release dates and format(s) for "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)"!Region!Date!Format!Label(s)!
United StatesJune 20, 2005Country radioCurb Records[6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Hot Country Songs: 1944–2012, Eighth edition. Joel Whitburn . Record Research . 2012 . 222.
  2. News: September 23, 2005 . Country Top 50 . . 55.
  3. Web site: August 2, 2005 . Adkins, Lonestar, Messina Debut New Videos . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060108181946/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1506842/08022005/messina_jo_dee.jhtml . January 8, 2006 . June 20, 2024 . CMT.
  4. September 23, 2005 . Canada Country Top 30 . Radio & Records.
  5. December 9, 2005 . Most Heard - Country . Radio & Records.
  6. June 17, 2005 . Going for Adds - Country . . 21.