Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous explained

Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous
Cover:Tracy Byrd - Lifestyles.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Tracy Byrd
Album:No Ordinary Man
B-Side:"You Never Know Just How Good You've Got It"[1]
Released:April 26, 1994[2]
Recorded:1993–1994
Genre:Country
Length:2:51
Label:MCA
Producer:Jerry Crutchfield
Prev Title:Why Don't That Telephone Ring
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Watermelon Crawl
Next Year:1994

"Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" is a song written by Byron Hill and Wayne Tester, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. It was released in April 1994 as the first single from the album No Ordinary Man. The song won an ASCAP Award for being among the most performed country songs of 1994.

Critical reception

Larry Flick, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song is "chock full of hilarious white trash-isms" and calls it Byrd's best single so far.[3]

Chart positions

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 56
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 52

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 73. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20040908004826/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/byrd_tracy/611366/album.jhtml
  3. Billboard, April 23, 1994
  4. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994. RPM. December 12, 1994. August 4, 2013.
  5. Best of 1994: Country Songs . . . 1994. August 4, 2013.