Queen of My Double Wide Trailer explained

Queen of My Double Wide Trailer
Cover:Sammy Kershaw - Queen of My Double Wide Trailer.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Sammy Kershaw
Album:Haunted Heart
B-Side:A Memory That Just Won't Quit
Released:August 23, 1993
Recorded:1993
Genre:Country
Length:3:31
Label:Mercury
Producer:Buddy Cannon, Norro Wilson
Prev Title:Haunted Heart
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:I Can't Reach Her Anymore
Next Year:1994

"Queen of My Double Wide Trailer" is a song written by Dennis Linde, and recorded by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. It was released in August 1993 as the third single from his album Haunted Heart. It peaked at No. 7 in the United States,[1] and No. 3 in Canada.

American Aquarium covered the song on their 2021 album Slappers, Bangers, and Certified Twangers: Vol 1.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo in shifting meters (4/4 and 11/4 time) about a man who, upon losing his lover to a man named Earl, arrives to take her back. Kershaw said that peers had tried to convince him that audiences would be unable to identify with the song, but later pointed out that "Somebody must have identified with it. In fact, this song singlehandedly sold hundreds of thousands of albums".[2] The titular Earl later appears in Linde's "Goodbye Earl", made famous by the then-Dixie Chicks.[3]

Music video

The music video premiered in October 1993, and was directed by Michael Merriman.

Charts

"Queen of My Double Wide Trailer" debuted at number 72 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 4, 1993.

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 189.
  2. The Definitive Collection . The Definitive Collection (Sammy Kershaw album) . Sammy Kershaw . 2004 . Robin . Flans . CD . Mercury Records . B0002330-02.
  3. Web site: Behind The Song: Dixie Chicks, "Goodbye Earl" . 9 March 2020 . American Songwriter . February 19, 2024.
  4. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994. RPM. December 12, 1994. August 4, 2013.