It's All Wrong, But It's All Right
| "It's All Wrong, But It's All Right" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Dolly Parton | ||||
| from the album Here You Come Again | ||||
| A-side | "Two Doors Down" | |||
| Released | February 27, 1978 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:19 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dolly Parton | |||
| Producer(s) | Gary Klein | |||
| Dolly Parton singles chronology | ||||
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"It's All Wrong, But It's All Right" is a song written and recorded by American entertainer
Content
In the song, the narrator calls a man whom she knows casually and suggests a one-time sexual encounter because she's lonely and "needs someone so much". In 1978, Parton—who'd had a previous song, "The Bargain Store", dropped by a number of country radio stations, when they mistakenly interpreted the lyrics as being sexually suggestive—explained to Playboy's Lawrence Grobel, that she was surprised at country radio's willingness to play "It's All Wrong but It's All Right", given how sexually suggestive that song's lyrics, in fact, were.[2]
In popular culture
The song was featured in the 1979 drama film
Chart performance
| Chart (1978) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 261.
- ^ :awrence Grobel, "A Candid Conversation with the Curvaceous Queen of Country Music", in Playboy [United States] (October 1978), pp. 81-110
- ^ "Dolly Parton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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