I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home

"I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home"
"I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home"
Single by David Frizzell
from the album The Family's Fine, But This One's All Mine
B-side	"She's Up to All Her Old Tricks Again"
Released	April 1982
Genre	Country
Length	4:00
Label	Viva
Songwriter(s)	Dewayne Blackwell
Producer(s)	Snuff Garrett, Steve Dorff
David Frizzell singles chronology

"I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" is a song written by Dewayne Blackwell, and recorded by American country music artist David Frizzell. It was released in April 1982 as the first single from the album The Family's Fine, But This One's All Mine. The song was Frizzell's only number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 14 weeks in country music's top 40.^[1]

Along with reaching No. 3 on the magazine's Top Country Tracks chart, the song unexpectedly became a mainstream pop hit in Canada, peaking at No. 20 on the RPM Top Singles chart.

Content

The song talks of a wife who grows tired of her husband's barhopping (and spending his entire paycheck doing so). She then comes up with a unique plan – she decides to redecorate their house into a bar, and play the part of bartender/waitress as an inducement to get her husband to stay at home (and possibly bring his friends along with him, so they can spend their paychecks). While he recovers from his hangover the following morning, she will deposit the proceeds in their bank account.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3
Canadian RPM Top Singles	20
Chart (1983)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)^[3]	99

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	5

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 128.
^ "David Frizzell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 119. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Talent in Acction" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 51. December 25, 1982. p. TIA-30. Retrieved June 24, 2021.

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 128.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_David_Frizzell-2] "David Frizzell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[aus-3] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 119. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[4] "Talent in Acction" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 51. December 25, 1982. p. TIA-30. Retrieved June 24, 2021.

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