| Ladies in the '90s | |
| Cover: | LaurenAlainaLadies90s.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Lauren Alaina |
| Album: | Getting Good (EP) |
| Genre: | Country pop |
| Producer: | busbee |
| Prev Title: | Doin' Fine |
| Prev Year: | 2017 |
| Next Title: | Getting Good |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
"Ladies in the '90s" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Lauren Alaina. It was released on October 15, 2018 as the lead single from the EP Getting Good.
"Ladies in the '90s" was written by Lauren Alaina, Jesse Frasure, and Amy Wadge, and produced by busbee.[1] Lyrically, the song pays homage to female artists and hit songs from the 1990s, a "decade of female superstars" that Alaina (who was born in 1994) looks back on fondly for its abundance of women on the radio that inspired her to become a singer.[1] The song makes references to major country hits "Strawberry Wine", "Breathe", "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!", "Cowboy Take Me Away", and "Fancy", while also name-dropping songs from other genres, such as "...Baby One More Time", "Say My Name", "No Scrubs", "Genie in a Bottle", "Vogue", "Wannabe", and "You Oughta Know".[2] In her live concerts, Alaina has been known to mash-up the song with Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)".
The music video for "Ladies in the '90s" premiered on May 29, 2019, and features Alaina acting as a "LVC" (QVC-type channel) spokesperson displaying popular products of the 1990s. It was directed by Benjamin Skipworth.[3]