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Wikipedia article"'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. ContentThe 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, 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 A3 to D5. Music videoThe music video was filmed live in concert. Chart positionsKen MellonsTracy LawrenceYear-end charts ParodiesOn his 2004 album 'Bipolar and Proud', country music parodist Cledus T. Judd parodied the song as "Bake Me a Country Ham". Judd's parody reached #58 on the country music charts. ReferencesCategory:2003 singles Category:Tracy Lawrence songs Category:Ken Mellons songs Category:Song recordings produced by James Stroud Category:DreamWorks Records singles Category:Songs written by Buck Moore Category:2003 songs Category:Songs about painters | |
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