| She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues) | |
| Cover: | Alan Jackson - Shes Got The Rhythm cd single.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Alan Jackson |
| Album: | A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) |
| B-Side: | She Likes It Too |
| Released: | October 5, 1992 |
| Recorded: | May 27, 1992[1] |
| Genre: | Country, R&B[2] |
| Length: | 2:24 |
| Label: | Arista Nashville 12463 |
| Producer: | Keith Stegall |
| Prev Title: | Love's Got a Hold on You |
| Prev Year: | 1992 |
| Next Title: | Tonight I Climbed the Wall |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
"She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)" is a song written by American country music artists Alan Jackson and Randy Travis, and recorded by Jackson. It was released in October 1992 as the first single from his album A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love). The song received an award in 1993 from Music City News for being one of the most performed country songs of the year.[3]
The song is an R&B-inspired tune that Jackson and Travis wrote while on tour together in 1991. They planned to pitch the song to B.B. King to record but Jackson decided to take it and record instead.
Leeann Ward of Country Universe gave the song an A grade," saying that it "showcases production that still sounds vibrant almost twenty years later" and the song has "steel guitar and honky tonk piano aplenty." and that the song's "concept is accentuated by its clever title and Jackson’s amusingly mournful delivery, including a pitiful 'yee haw' that ends up sounding more funny than sad, which ultimately describes the song as a whole, despite the theme of lost love."[4]
The video was directed by Jim Shea and was released in October 1992.
"She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)" debuted at number 42 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 24, 1992.