Stealing Cinderella Explained

Stealing Cinderella
Cover:Chuck Wicks Stealing Cinderella.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Chuck Wicks
Album:Starting Now
Genre:Country
Length:4:04
Label:RCA Nashville
Producer:Dann Huff
Monty Powell
Next Title:All I Ever Wanted
Next Year:2008

"Stealing Cinderella" is a debut song recorded by American country music artist Chuck Wicks. It was released in September 2007 as the first single from the album Starting Now. The song was co-written by Wicks along with songwriters George Teren and Rivers Rutherford. The single produced the biggest debut for any new country artist in all of 2007, with fifty-two Billboard-monitored stations in the United States adding the song in its first official week of airplay.[1] [2] Overall, the song peaked at #5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

On August 25, 2007, Wicks performed the song at his Grand Ole Opry debut.[3] In October 2007, Wicks was invited by University of Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer to perform "Stealing Cinderella" at the wedding of Fulmer's daughter Courtney.[1]

Content

"Stealing Cinderella" is a ballad which, through allusions to the fairy tale of Cinderella, the narrator tells of a conversation with his girlfriend's father, asking for the father's permission to marry his daughter.[1] [4]

Critical reception

Engine 145 reviewer Brady Vercher gave the song a "thumbs up" review. Although he thought that it was unusual to use Cinderella for a comparison (as Cinderella's father died in the fairy tale), and that the song's verses "gloss[ed] over" the allusions to the fairy tale, he nonetheless said that he could identify with the sentiment of the song's central character.[4]

Chart performance

"Stealing Cinderella" debuted at number 53 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of September 8, 2007.[5] Fifty-two of the country music stations on Billboards panel added the song in its first official week of airplay, boosting it to number 42 that week.[2]

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chuck Wicks performs "Stealing Cinderella" at wedding of UT coach's daughter . 2007-11-11 . 2007-10-01 . Country Standard Time.
  2. Web site: Chuck Wicks debut single . 2007-11-11 . 2007-09-17 . Country Standard Time.
  3. Web site: Chuck Wicks Kicks Off Whirlwind Weekend with Grand Ole Opry Debut . https://web.archive.org/web/20071118024039/http://www.rcarecordslabel.com/pressreleases/details.cfm?artistid=1000034&pressid=1000301 . dead . 2007-11-18 . 2007-09-15 . 2010-08-21 . RCA Records .
  4. Web site: Chuck Wicks - "Stealing Cinderella" . 2007-11-11 . 2007-09-18 . Engine 145 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141218105223/http://www.engine145.com/chuck-wicks-stealing-cinderella/ . 2014-12-18 .
  5. Web site: Billboard Hot Country Songs chart listing for "Stealing Cinderella" . 2007-11-11 . Billboard.com.
  6. Best of 2008: Country Songs . . . 2008. December 13, 2008.