| Pretty Little Adriana | |
| Cover: | Vince Gill - Pretty Little Adriana single.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Vince Gill |
| Album: | High Lonesome Sound |
| B-Side: | Tell Me Lover |
| Released: | October 28, 1996 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:30 |
| Label: | MCA Nashville |
| Producer: | Tony Brown |
| Prev Title: | Worlds Apart |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | A Little More Love |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
"Pretty Little Adriana" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in October 1996 as the third single from the album High Lonesome Sound. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and won Gill a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.[1]
The song is about the death of a child as seen from the parents' perspective. Gill was inspired to write the song after reading a news story about a 12-year-old girl named Adriane Dickerson who was shot to death outside a Nashville supermarket in 1995.[2]
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine gave the song a mixed review, calling it "a little lackluster" and saying that not every song can be an "I Still Believe in You" or a "Go Rest High on That Mountain." However, she goes on to say that the song boasts "tasty guitar work, a pretty melody, and, of course, Gill's signature vocals."[3]
"Pretty Little Adriana" debuted at number 63 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 9, 1996.
| Chart (1997) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] | 31 | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 31 |