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Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago

"Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago" is a song by American country music artist Lee Ann Womack, taken from her sixth studio album There's More Where That Came From (2005). This is the first single of Womack's career that she had a co-writing credit on and the only track from the album that she had a writer's credit on, co-writing it with Dean Dillon and Dale Dodson. It was released to country radio on November 21, 2005, as the third and final single from the album.

"Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago"
Single by Lee Ann Womack
from the album There's More Where That Came From
Written2004
ReleasedNovember 21, 2005 (2005-11-21)[1]
GenreCountry
Length3:49
LabelMCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Byron Gallimore
Lee Ann Womack singles chronology
"He Oughta Know That by Now"
(2005) 		"Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago"
(2005) 		"Finding My Way Back Home"
(2006)

A minor hit, it peaked at number 32 on the US Hot Country Songs chart.[2] Womack would notably perform the song at the 2005 CMA Awards.[3]

Content

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In the song, Womack sings about regretting the loss of her youthful self.

Critical reception

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Matt Cibula of PopMatters gave the song a mostly positive review, saying that it was a good song.[4] David Cantwell of No Depression called it the best song from There's More Where That Came From.[5] Billboard editors called the track "tender and world-weary."[6]

Music video

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Paul Boyd directed the music video for "Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago".[7] The music video opens with Womack looking in a mirror doing her make-up. There are scenes of her leaving a car, being in an outdoor dining room, and hanging out with her friends. The video has a retro style, taken from the 1960s, and was compared to Faith Hill's music video for "Like We Never Loved at All".

Commercial performance

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"Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago" debuted at number 56 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of December 3, 2005, with 730,000 audience impressions.[8] It reached number 32 the week of February 11, 2006, spending 17 weeks in total on the chart.

Personnel

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Taken from the liner notes of There's More Where That Came From.[9]

Charts

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Chart (2005–2006) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10] 32
US Country Top 50 (Radio & Records)[11] 28

References

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  1. ^ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1633. November 18, 2005. p. 23.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 378.
  3. ^ Lee Ann Womack - "Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago" LIVE (2005 CMA Awards). YouTube.
  4. ^ Cibula, Matt (March 21, 2005). "Lee Ann Womack: There's More Where That Came From | PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  5. ^ Cantwell, David (October 17, 2014). "Lee Ann Womack Returns to the Roots She Never (Really) Left". No Depression. Retrieved August 30, 2024. The album's best cut might've been the one Womack co-wrote, "Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago"...
  6. ^ Waddell, Ray (February 5, 2005). Paoletta, Michael (ed.). "Billboard Picks: Albums". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 6. Nielsen Business Media. p. 32. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 30, 2024 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Lee Ann Womack - Twenty Years And Two Husbands Ago (2005) | IMVDb". IMVDb. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  8. ^ "Billboard Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 49. Nielsen Business Media. December 3, 2005. p. 57. Retrieved August 30, 2024 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ There's More Where That Came From (liner notes). Lee Ann Womack. MCA Nashville Records. 2005. 003073
  10. ^ "Lee Ann Womack Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  11. ^ "R&R Country Top 50". Radio & Records. No. 1644. February 10, 2006. p. 39.
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