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Stealing Cinderella
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Wikipedia article
"'Stealing Cinderella'" is a debut song recorded by American country music artist Chuck Wicks. It was released in September 2007 as the first single from the album 'Starting Now'. The song was co-written by Wicks along with songwriters George Teren and Rivers Rutherford. The single produced the biggest debut for any new country artist in all of 2007, with fifty-two 'Billboard'-monitored stations in the United States adding the song in its first official week of airplay. Overall, the song peaked at #5 on the U.S. 'Billboard' Hot Country Songs charts.
On August 25, 2007, Wicks performed the song at his Grand Ole Opry debut. In October 2007, Wicks was invited by University of Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer to perform "Stealing Cinderella" at the wedding of Fulmer's daughter Courtney.
Content
"Stealing Cinderella" is a ballad which, through allusions to the fairy tale of Cinderella, the narrator tells of a conversation with his girlfriend's father, asking for the father's permission to marry his daughter.
Critical reception
Engine 145 reviewer Brady Vercher gave the song a "thumbs up" review. Although he thought that it was unusual to use Cinderella for a comparison (as Cinderella's father died in the fairy tale), and that the song's verses "gloss[ed] over" the allusions to the fairy tale, he nonetheless said that he could identify with the sentiment of the song's central character.
Chart performance
"Stealing Cinderella" debuted at number 53 on the U.S. 'Billboard' Hot Country Songs chart for the week of September 8, 2007. Fifty-two of the country music stations on 'Billboard's panel added the song in its first official week of airplay, boosting it to number 42 that week.
Year-end charts
References
Category:2007 debut singles
Category:2007 songs
Category:Chuck Wicks songs
Category:Songs based on fairy tales
Category:Songs written by Rivers Rutherford
Category:Songs written by George Teren
Category:Songs written by Chuck Wicks
Category:Song recordings produced by Dann Huff
Category:Country ballads
Category:RCA Records Nashville singles
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