| The Wrong Girl | |
| Cover: | Lee Ann Womack - The Wrong Girl.png |
| Caption: | Digital cover |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Lee Ann Womack |
| Album: | Greatest Hits |
| B-Side: | The Last Time |
| Released: | [1] |
| Recorded: | 2003 |
| Studio: |
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| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:00 |
| Label: | MCA Nashville |
| Producer: | Byron Gallimore |
| Prev Title: | Forever Everyday |
| Prev Year: | 2002 |
| Next Title: | I May Hate Myself in the Morning |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
"The Wrong Girl" is a song by the American country music recording artist Lee Ann Womack. It was written by Liz Rose and Pat McLaughlin, and produced by Byron Gallimore. It was released on February 17, 2004, as the lead and only single from her Greatest Hits compilation album, released via MCA Nashville on May 4, 2004. It reached a peak of number 24 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. To promote the song, Womack performed it at the Grand Ole Opry and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[2] [3]
"The Wrong Girl" is about a guy who is told to have it all (a great apartment, a nice car, the job he's always wanted, etc.) but Womack sings that she doesn't think so, claiming he has "the wrong girl."[4]
Deborah Evans Price of Billboard gave the song a positive review and wrote, "Womack has one of the most glorious country female voices to come along since Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn. Like those legendary predecessors, she has a knack for combining vulnerability and sassy strength. Womack is the right girl for country radio, and this is the right song."[5]
"The Wrong Girl" debuted at number 57 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of February 21, 2004. The song reached its peak position of number 24 on the chart week dated May 22, 2004.
Taken from the Greatest Hits booklet.[6]
| Peak position | |
| Canada Country (Radio & Records)[7] | 30 |
| US Country (Radio & Records)[8] | ||
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[9] |