| The Bargain Store | |
| Cover: | thebargainstoresong.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Dolly Parton |
| Album: | The Bargain Store |
| B-Side: | I'll Never Forget |
| Released: | January 13, 1975 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:42 |
| Label: | RCA Victor |
| Producer: | Bob Ferguson |
| Prev Title: | Love Is Like a Butterfly |
| Prev Year: | 1974 |
| Next Title: | The Seeker |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
"The Bargain Store" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton. It was released in January 1975 as the first single and title track from the album The Bargain Store. The song was Parton's fifth number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The song stayed at number one for a single week and spent nine weeks on the country chart.[1]
Worn, second-hand merchandise in a discount store is used as a metaphor for a woman emotionally damaged by an ill-fated relationship. However, the song was dropped from a number of country stations' playlists when programmers mistook the line "you can easily afford the price" as a thinly veiled reference to prostitution.
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 261.