Queen of My Double Wide Trailer

"Queen of My Double Wide Trailer"
Single by Sammy Kershaw
from the album Haunted Heart
B-side "A Memory That Just Won't Quit"
Released August 23, 1993
Format CD Single
Recorded 1993
Genre Country
Length 3:31
Label Mercury
Writer(s) Dennis Linde
Producer(s) Buddy Cannon, Norro Wilson
Sammy Kershaw singles chronology
"Haunted Heart"
(1993)
"Queen of My Double Wide Trailer"
(1993)
"I Can't Reach Her Anymore"
(1994)

"Queen of My Double Wide Trailer" is a song written by Dennis Linde, and recorded by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. It was released in August 1993 as the third single from his album Haunted Heart. It peaked at number 7 in the United States,[1] and number 3 in Canada.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo about a man who, upon losing his lover to a man named Earl, arrives to take her back. Kershaw said that peers had tried to convince him that audiences would be unable to identify with the song, but later pointed out that "Somebody must have identified with it. In fact, this song singlehandedly sold hundreds of thousands of albums".[2]

Music video

The music video aired in October 1993, and was directed by Michael Merriman.

Charts

"Queen of My Double Wide Trailer" debuted at number 72 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 4, 1993.

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1994) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 81

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 189.
  2. Flans, Robin (2004). The Definitive Collection (CD). Sammy Kershaw. Mercury Records. B0002330-02.
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2345." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 25, 1993. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  4. "Sammy Kershaw – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Sammy Kershaw.
  5. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
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