"Delicious Surprise" is a song co-written and recorded by American singer

Beth Hart Beth Hart (born January 24, 1972) is an American musician from Los Angeles, California. She rose to fame with the release of her 1999 single "LA Song (Out of This Town)" from her second album ''Screamin' for My Supper''. The single was a number ...

for her second studio album '' Screamin' for My Supper'' (1999). It was released on August 22, 2000 as the second single from the album by

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. The song was written by Hart and

Glen Burtnik Glen Burtnik (born Glenn Burtnick; April 8, 1955) is an American singer, songwriter, entertainer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a member of Styx from 1990-1991 and again from 1999-2003. Burtnik is originally from North Brunswick, New ...

and produced by the two and Tal Herzberg. The song was also her final single for

before leaving the label in 2001. It was later covered in 2005 by

Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Marie Messina (born August 25, 1970) is an American country music artist. She has charted six number-one singles on the ''Billboard charts, Billboard'' country music charts. She has been honored by the Country Music Association and the ...

for her album ''

Delicious Surprise ''Delicious Surprise'' is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Jo Dee Messina, released on April 26, 2005 via Curb Records. Her first non-Christmas album since ''Burn'' (2000), the album was recorded following the release of ...

''.

Track list (Beth Hart version)

Jo Dee Messina version

"Delicious Surprise" was later recorded by American

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artist

. It was released as the second single from her fifth studio album of the same name, re-titled as "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)" by

Curb Records Curb Records (also known as Asylum-Curb and formerly known as MCG Curb) is an American record label started by Mike Curb, originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963. From 1969 to 1973, Curb merged with MGM Records where Curb served as President of M ...

on June 20, 2005. Messina's version was produced by

Byron Gallimore Byron Gallimore (born in Puryear, Tennessee) is an American record producer known for his work in the field of country music. He has worked with artists Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sugarland, Lee Ann Womack, and Jo Dee Messina. Faith Hill's 1999 albu ...

and

Tim McGraw Samuel Timothy McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer and actor. He has released 17 studio albums (11 for Curb Records, five for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). 10 of those albums have reached number one on ...

. Compared to the lead single " My Give a Damn's Busted", the song did underperform, only peaking at number 23 on the

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chart, but it did spend 20 weeks in total.

Chart performance

Messina's version debuted on June 25, 2005 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs at number 57. The song then rose up to number 47 the following week. "Delicious Surprise" then rose to the top forty on July 16 at number 40. The song would later rise to its peak position of number 23 the week of September 24, 2005, spending one week in the position and spending twenty weeks overall. "Delicious Surprise" marked Messina's first single to miss the country top-20 since " Was That My Life" from her 2003 ''Greatest Hits'' compilation only reached number 21. It performed better on the ''

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'' Country Top 50, rising as high as number 18. In Canada, the song performed moderately. "Delicious Surprise" debuted on the ''

'' Canada Country Top 30 the week of August 5, 2005, at number 27 with 235 total plays, the highest debut of the week. The song then fell to number 29 the next week before rising again to number 28. "Delicious Surprise" rose to a peak of number 24 the week of September 23, 2005. The song overall spent 10 weeks in the country.

Music video

A music video for "Delicious Surprise" was released, with it being filmed by

Peter Zavadil Peter Zavadil is an American music video director who works primarily in the field of country music. He has directed many music videos since the late 1990s. He has won the Country Music Association Award for Video of the Year twice from seven nomi ...

. It premiered to CMT on August 4, 2005.

Charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

1999 songs 2000 singles 2005 singles Songs written by Beth Hart Songs written by Glen Burtnik Jo Dee Messina songs Song recordings produced by Byron Gallimore Atlantic Records singles Curb Records singles {{2000s-country-song-stub