Paint Me a Birmingham
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". "Paint Me a Birmingham" is a song written by Buck Moore and Gary Duffy. It was concurrently released by American country music artists Ken Mellons and Tracy Lawrence, whose versions entered the country charts within one week of each other. Lawrence's was the more successful of the two, reaching #4 in May 2004 and becoming his first Top 5 country hit since "Lessons Learned" in April 2000.[1]
Content
The narrator/singer describes an encounter with an artist who is painting ocean scenes. The singer asks the painter to paint a picture of the life the man had planned, or imagined, before losing the woman he loved. Specifically, he describes the house, a Birmingham-style house,[2] and a scene where he and his love are together again. The song is in the key of G-flat major, modulating up to A-flat major at the last chorus, with a vocal range from ATemplate:Flat3 to DTemplate:Flat5.[3]
Music video
The music video was filmed live in concert.
Chart positions
Ken Mellons
Template:Singlechart| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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Tracy Lawrence
Template:SinglechartTemplate:Singlechart| Chart (2003–2004) | Peak position |
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| Canada Country (Radio & Records)[4] | 10 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2004) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 28 |
Parodies
On his 2004 album Bipolar and Proud, country music parodist and comedian Cledus T. Judd parodied the song as "Bake Me a Country Ham". Judd's parody reached #58 on the country music charts.
References
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