Spilled Perfume Explained

Spilled Perfume
Cover:	Pamtillis.spilledperfume.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Pam Tillis
Album:	Sweetheart's Dance
B-Side:	'Til All the Lonely's Gone
Released:	March 26, 1994
Genre:	Country
Length:	3:53 (album version)
Label:	Arista Nashville
Producer:	Pam Tillis Steve Fishell
Prev Title:	Do You Know Where Your Man Is
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	When You Walk in the Room
Next Year:	1994

"Spilled Perfume" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was released in March 1994 as the lead single from her album Sweetheart's Dance. The song was written by Tillis and Dean Dillon.

Content

The lyrics are a first-person account of a friend comforting a woman who is regretful after a one-night stand.

Music video

A music video directed by Steven Goldmann was made for the song, and premiered in mid-1994.

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[1]

• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• Paul Franklin — steel guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Mary Ann Kennedy — background vocals
• Brent Mason — electric guitar
• Terry McMillan — percussion
• Steve Nathan – piano
• Bobby Ogdin – synthesizer
• Pam Tillis – lead vocals, background vocals
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Lonnie Wilson – drums

Chart performance

For the chart week of June 18, 1994, "Spilled Perfume" reached the top 5 of Billboards Hot Country Songs chart, her fifth single to do so at the time.^[2]

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Sweetheart's Dance . Pam Tillis . 1994 . CD booklet . Arista Records . 18758.
2. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=pam tillis|chart=all}} Pam Tillis – Spilled Perfume (''Billboard'' chart history)]. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 19, 2010.
3. Best of 1994: Country Songs . . . 1994. August 4, 2013.