"She's Mine" is a song by
George Jones
George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American Country music, country musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame for a long list of hit records, and is well known for his distinctive voice an ...
. It was composed by Jones and Jack Ripley.
Background
The song seemingly describes the feelings of a man towards a woman, presumably his wife, who no longer loves him, but he feels "satisfied just having her around." As the song concludes, however, it has a surprise ending.
Chart performance
Jones had already cut it for
United Artists
United Artists (UA) is an American film production and film distribution, distribution company owned by Amazon MGM Studios. In its original operating period, it was founded in February 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford an ...
earlier in the decade but a new version was released as a single in 1969 on the
Musicor label and rose to #6 on the ''Billboard'' country singles chart. It became yet another
Top 10 hit for Jones, who had been a constant presence on the country charts throughout most of the decade.
Charts
References
1970 songs
George Jones songs
Songs written by George Jones
Musicor Records singles
Song recordings produced by Pappy Daily
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