“Redneck Woman” is a song by American country music artist Gretchen Wilson, released as the lead single from her debut album, Here for the Party.
The song explains how Wilson is country as they come, and isn’t scared to show it. It references five country artists, and lists some differences between...
[Verse 1]
Well, I ain't never been the Barbie Doll type
No, I can't swig that sweet Champagne
I'd rather drink beer all night
In a tavern
Or in a honky-tonk
Or on a four-wheel-drive tailgate
Oh, I've got posters on my wall
Of Skynyrd, Kid and Strait
[Pre-Chorus]
Some people look down on me
But I don't give a rip
I'll stand barefooted in my own front yard
With a baby on my hip
[Chorus 1]
'Cause I'm a redneck woman
I ain't no high class broad
I'm just a product of my raisin'
I say "hey, y'all" and "yee-haw"
And I keep my Christmas lights on
On my front porch all year long
And I know all the words to every Charlie Daniels song
So here's to all my sisters
Out there keeping it country
Let me get a big "hell yeah" from the redneck girls like me
Hell yeah (Hell yeah!)
[Verse 2]
Victoria Secret
Well, their stuff's real nice
Oh, but I can buy the same damn thing
On a Wal-Mart shelf half-price
And still look sexy (Sexy)
Just as sexy as those models on TV
No, I don't need no designer tag
To make my man want me
[Pre-Chorus]
You may think I'm trashy
A little too hard core
But in my neck of the woods
I'm just the girl next door
[Chorus 2]
Hey, I'm a redneck woman
I ain't no high class broad
I'm just a product of my raising
I say "hey, y'all" and "yee-haw"
And I keep my Christmas lights on
On my front porch all year long
And I know all the words to every Tanya Tucker song
So here's to all my sisters
Out there keeping it country
Let me get a big "hell yeah" from the redneck girls like me
Hell yeah (Hell yeah!)
[Chorus 3]
I'm a redneck woman
I ain't no high class broad
I'm just a product of my raising
I say "hey, y'all" and "yee-haw"
And I keep my Christmas lights on
On my front porch all year long
And I know all the words to every Ol' Bocephus song
So here's to all my sisters
Out there keeping it country
Let me get a big "hell yeah" from the redneck girls
Like me
[Outro]
(Hell yeah!)
Hell yeah!
(Hell yeah!)
Hell yeah!
(Hell yeah!)
I said hell yeah!
Redneck Woman was written by Gretchen Wilson & John Rich.
Redneck Woman was produced by Mark Wright & Joe Scaife.
Gretchen Wilson released Redneck Woman on Tue Mar 23 2004.
In 2018, NPR ranked this as the #79 greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:
Considered in light of today’s egregious lack of women on country radio, Gretchen Wilson’s five-week stint atop Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with ‘Redneck Woman’ is still a remarkab...
The song received a Grammy Award for “Best Female Country Vocal Performance” in 2005.