You're Not in Kansas Anymore explained

You're Not in Kansas Anymore
Type:single
Artist:Jo Dee Messina
Album:Jo Dee Messina
Released:June 24, 1996[1]
Genre:Country
Length:2:53
Label:Curb
Prev Title:Heads Carolina, Tails California
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Do You Wanna Make Something of It?
Next Year:1996

"You're Not in Kansas Anymore" is a song written by Tim Nichols and Zack Turner, and recorded by American country music artist Jo Dee Messina. It was released on June 24, 1996 as the second single from her eponymous debut album. The song reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[2]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling the production, "right on the mark" and says that it provides a "strong framework for Messina's personality-packed vocals." She also says that the hook is one of the "most clever" to come out of Nashville in recent memory.[3]

Chart performance

"You're Not in Kansas Anymore" debuted at number 66 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 6, 1996.

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. The new single from her album Jo Dee Messina. Billboard Country Monitor. 16. June 21, 1996.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 229.
  3. Billboard, July 6, 1996 - Vol. 108, No. 27
  4. Web site: Best of 1996: Country Songs . . . 1996. July 20, 2013.