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Mystery Song #96
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Clue #10
The title of the song gives absolutely no clue as to its heavier, "social commentary" aspects.
Clue #9
Johnny Cash was one of the artists who had passed on the song. He liked it but thought it too controversial.
That being the case, Cash still had dibs on the song if the artist-in-question's version failed to sell.
Clue #8
The song kind of luckily fell into the artist's lap, when a friend of his played him the song that had apparently been recently making the rounds on Music Row. The next day the artist had a meeting with a well known but retired record producer who didn't like any of the artist's own material, but really liked this song for him, and they recorded it the very next day.
Clue #7
The artist hosted a TV show and was working as a country music act in Nevada before his big break with this song on what would be his third trip to Nashville.
Clue #6
Our artist is NOT on your (Steve's) list!
Not: George Strait, George Jones, Johnny Cash, Tim McGraw. Hank Snow, Charlie Daniels, Jason Aldean, Randy Travis, Alan Jackson, Chris Stapleton, or Merle Haggard
Clue #5
Speaking of crossing over, one of the songwriters is related to a country artist who did so 8 times in a career spanning over 40 years. At least according to Wikipedia, LOL.
CLUE #4
The song was quite controversial.
CLUES #2 & 3
The artist was a man.
The song was a massive hit on the country charts, and made it up to #25 on Billboard's Hot 100.
CLUE #1
This song was the only song by this artist to reach the Top 40 on Billboard's Hot 100--a minor crossover hit BUT a major hit on the (genre) chart from which it originated.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
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