| The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy) | |
| Cover: | The Day That She Left Tulsa.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Wade Hayes |
| Album: | When the Wrong One Loves You Right |
| B-Side: | Wichita Lineman |
| Released: | November 18, 1997[1] |
| Recorded: | 1997 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:33 |
| Label: | Columbia Nashville |
| Producer: | Don Cook |
| Prev Title: | Wichita Lineman |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | When the Wrong One Loves You Right |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
"The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy)" is a song written by Mark D. Sanders and Steve Diamond, and recorded by American country music artist Wade Hayes. It was released in November 1997 the lead-off single from Hayes' album When the Wrong One Loves You Right. The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and number 9 on the Canadian RPM country singles chart. It also peaked at number 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was his last top ten single to date.
While riding the Ferris Wheel at a carnival, the narrator's girlfriend reveals that she is pregnant. He takes it for granted at first but realizes that the baby isn't his when she becomes distraught and leaves town without notice. He says that if he had the chance, he would have loved her anyway.
The music video, like most of Wade Hayes' videos, was directed by Steven Goldmann. It begins, just like in the song, with a couple on a Ferris wheel and the woman telling him she's pregnant. She then becomes distraught and drives away. Wade drives around and finds her walking on a bridge. After trying to reconcile with her she gets back in her truck and drives away from him.
In reviewing the album, When the Wrong One Loves You Right, Thom Owens of Allmusic cited this track as "illustrating Hayes' true potential" and as one of the strongest cuts on the album "where the melody, lyric and delivery blend perfectly".[2]
"The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy)" debuted at number sixty-two on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 1, 1997.
| Chart (1998) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] | 78 | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 53 |