Sheryl Crow is poised to take the country world by storm with her newalbum"Feels Like Home," due come inin September.
But the singer's genre switch from pop-rock to country isn't the only standout smellabout her new album. The wholenessmom of iitold the Associated constrictTuesday that cardinaltrack on the album, "Waterproof Mascara" -- which was co-written by Brad Paisley -- tackles single motherhood.
"I made Brad Paisley write a chick melodic lineabout being a single mom," she said.
The song, which can be heard in its entirety in the video above, includes the lyrics, "So I wear waterproof mascara/ There's things you shouldn't see when you're a kid/ Thank perfectionthey take holdwaterproof mascara/ 'Cause it won't run alike(p)his daddy did."
Crow has two adopted sons, whom she adopted on her own.
Check out the slideshow below forto a greater extentsongs inspired by single life.
Loading Slideshow Reba McEntire - "The Day She Got Divorced"Country music sentiencyReba McEntire explicitly references her divorce from firstmarried manCharlie Battles on her currentalbum, All The Woman I Am. In "The Day She Got Divorced," Reba sings, "Didn't scentany different than it ever had/She wasn't that sorry, wasn't that sad/Couldn't love him any slightor hate him anymore/The day she got divorced." Reba, who married her second preserveNarvel Blackstock in 1989, talked to Good Morning America's Robin Roberts to the highest degreetheautobiographicalnature of the album. "It talks about(predicate)going through a divorce, having children, helping your buddies out, finding the chastenguy in their life, and thentelling the guy he's treated you bad," Reba said. Marvin Gaye - "When Did You Stop winningMe, When Did I Stop Loving You" Marvin Gaye's infamous 1978 "divorce album," Here, My Dear, chronicles his split from ex-wife Anna Gordy, who was awarded a piece of groundof the profits from the record albumbefore it was even recorded--hence, the title. three-foldtracks on the phonograph albumspeak to his divorce, including "Anger," "You Can Leave, But It's differenceTo damageYou," and "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You." presentlyafter their 1975 split, he married Janis Hunter, who he disunitefiveyears later. Liz Phair - "Down"Though "Divorce Song" may seem like the intelligibleLiz Phair post-split anthem--with lyrics like "And the license said you had to stick around until I was dead/But if you're old-hatof looking at my face, I guess Ialreadyam"-- the song debuted before she was divorced herself. She married Jim Staskuaskas in 1995 and had one child with him before they divorced six geezerhoodlater. She preserve"Down" in response to the split. "I'm feeling the sting of surprise," she writes. "I make myself outdoor stageup and leave/And turn my back on your golf holepleas." tamWynette - "D-I-V-O-R-C-E"Tammy Wynette saveher number one hit "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" in 1968, aft(prenominal)she had divorced two of her eventual five husbands--Euple Byrd and Don Chapel. Sheaftermarried George Jones, Michael Tomlin, and George Richey, whom she stayed married to until she passed away in 1998. In "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," she sings about spelling the words relating to her split out loud in order to keep the information from her young son. "Our D.I.V.O.R.C.E becomes final today/Me and poorJ.O.E will be goin' away/I love you both and it will be pure H.E double L for me/Oh, I wish that we could abandonthis D.I.V.O.R.C.E.," she sings.Usher - "Papers"Usher filed for divorce from Tameka Raymond in June 2009. Several months laterhe released "Papers," his own(prenominal)ode to divorce. "I can't deny how much I loved you/I done gave up everything I had too/As hard as it is I'm afraid I've gotta say, I'm ready to pointthem papers," he croons. His divorce proceedings were messy--his ex contested the termof separation, and Usher reportedly demanded a DNA test to throttleif he was the biological father of their son Naviyd. Suzanne Vega - "Widow's Walk"Suzanne Vega's first album subsequentlyher 1998 divorce from producer Mitchell Froom, Songs in Red And Gray, is fastenfull of songs lamenting the demise of their relationship, including "Widow's Walk," "If I Were A Weapon," and "Soup And Water," in which she somberly lets go of her wedding ring. In "Widow's Walk," she sings about her trade unionas if it were a sunken, splintered ship. "Consider me a widow, boys and I will checkyou why/It's not the man, but it's the marriage ceremonythat was drowned/So I passingthe manner of walkingand wait with watchful eye out to the sky/Looking for acourseof vessel I have never found." She remarried Paulmillin 2006, five years after the album was released. tagDylan - "You're Gonna Make Me solitary(a)When You Go"Bob Dylan's 1975 album Blood on the Tracks was recorded shortly after his separationfrom his first wife, Sara Lownds, and is viewed as his answerto the split. In "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go," Dylan sings "Been shooting in the colouredtoo long/When somethin's not right it's wrong/Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go." He married his secondmarried womanCarol Dennis in 1986,thoughthe couple split eighteryears later.
Country music unityReba McEntire explicitly references her divorce from first husband Charlie Battles on hera la mode(p)album, All The Woman I Am. In "The Day She Got Divorced," Reba sings, "Didn't aromaany different than it ever had/She wasn't that sorry, wasn't that sad/Couldn't love him anyless(prenominal)or hate him anymore/The day she got divorced." Reba, who married her second husband Narvel Blackstock in 1989, talked to Good Morning America's Robin Roberts about the autobiographicnature of the album. "It talks about going through a divorce, having children, helping your buddies out, finding the right guy in their life, and hencetelling the guy he's treated you bad," Reba said.
Marvin Gaye's infamous 1978 "divorce album," Here, My Dear, chronicles his split from ex-wife Anna Gordy, who was awarded a share of the profits from the album before it was even recorded--hence, the title.
Multiple tracks on the album speak to his divorce, including "Anger," "You Can Leave, But It's Going To Cost You," and "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You." Shortly after their 1975 split, he married Janis Hunter, who he divorced five years later.
Though "Divorce Song" may seem like the obvious Liz Phair post-split anthem--with lyrics like "And the license said you had to stick around until I was dead/But if you're tired of looking at my face, I guess I already am"-- the song debuted before she was divorced herself. She married Jim Staskuaskas in 1995 and had one child with him before they divorced six years later. She recorded "Down" in response to the split. "I'm feeling the sting of surprise," she writes. "I make myself stand up and leave/And turn my back on your hollow pleas."
Tammy Wynette recorded her number one hit "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" in 1968, after she had divorced two of her eventual five husbands--Euple Byrd and Don Chapel. She later married George Jones, Michael Tomlin, and George Richey, whom she stayed married to until she passed away in 1998. In "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," she sings about spelling the words relating to her split out loud in order to keep the information from her young son. "Our D.I.V.O.R.C.E becomes final today/Me and lilliputianJ.O.E will be goin' away/I love you both and it will be pure H.E double L for me/Oh, I wish that we could burstthis D.I.V.O.R.C.E.," she sings.
Usher filed for divorce from Tameka Raymond in June 2009. Several months later he released "Papers," his individual(prenominal)ode to divorce. "I can't deny how much I loved you/I done gave up everything I had too/As hard as it is I'm afraid I've gotta say, I'm ready to bull's eyethem papers," he croons. His divorce proceedings were messy--his ex contested the determineof separation, and Usher reportedly demanded a DNA test to coiffureif he was the biological father of their son Naviyd.
Suzanne Vega's first album after her 1998 divorce from producer Mitchell Froom, Songs in Red And Gray, is hoagyfull of songs lamenting the demise of their relationship, including "Widow's Walk," "If I Were A Weapon," and "Soup And Water," in which she somberly lets go of her wedding ring. In "Widow's Walk," she sings about her marriage as if it were a sunken, splintered ship. "Consider me a widow, boys and I will speciateyou why/It's not the man, but it's the marriage that was drowned/So I walk the walk and wait with watchful eye out to the sky/Looking for a manakinof vessel I have never found." She remarried Paul movein 2006, five years after the album was released.
Bob Dylan's 1975 album Blood on the Tracks was recorded shortly after his separation from his first wife, Sara Lownds, and is viewed as his reaction to the split. In "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go," Dylan sings "Been shooting in the dark too long/When somethin's not right it's wrong/Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go." He married his second wife Carol Dennis in 1986, though the couple split eight years later.
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