"Homewrecker" is a song by American

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artist

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, released on February 22, 2005, as the fourth and final single from her debut studio album ''

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'' (2004). It was written by Wilson, George Teren, and

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, with the song also being produced by Joe Scaife and Mark Wright. It peaked at number two on the US

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chart.

Content

In "Homewrecker," the female narrator addresses another female who wants to commit adultery with the narrator's lover. The narrator refers to this other woman as a "homewrecker," and threatens to "go to kickin' erpretty little butt.".

Critical reception

Johnny Loftus of

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said that Wilson "happily belts out the harder edges" of the song, contrasting it with Wilson's vocal performance on the ballad "When I Think About Cheatin'." In ''

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'', Jon Caramanica also contrasted "Homewrecker" with other songs on the album, saying that its role of "moral arbiter" was "just as impassioned" as the other "country persona on the album. ''

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'' critic Josh Love compared the song's sound to that of the

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and said that it was "less about cloistered worship than a real-world application of the life-affirming principles first put forth by" the Dixie Chicks and

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. Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a negative rating. He stated that the song sounds like more of "a rip-off of than a homage to

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Commercial performance

"Homewrecker" debuted on the US ''

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charts dated for the week ending January 29, 2005. The song reached a peak of number two and held that position for three weeks, spending a total of twenty weeks on the charts. It was Wilson's fourth consecutive chart hit, making her the first female artist to send her first four singles into the country top ten since

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did so with " Strawberry Wine", " We Danced Anyway", " Count Me In", and " How Do I Get There" between 1996 and 1997.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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