Addicted to a Dollar
| "Addicted to a Dollar" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: File missing | ||||
| Single by Doug Stone | ||||
| from the album More Love | ||||
| B-side | "That's a Lie"[2] | |||
| Released | February 22, 1994[1] | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:05 | |||
| Label | Epic 77375 | |||
| Songwriters | Doug Stone, Ray Hood, Kim Tribble, Ray Maddox[3] | |||
| Producers | James Stroud and Doug Stone | |||
| Doug Stone singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
"Addicted to a Dollar" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Doug Stone, who wrote it along with Ray Hood, Kim Tribble and Ray Maddox. It was released in February 1994 as the second single from his album More Love. The song was a number four country hit in the US, and number one in Canada.
Content
[edit | edit source]"Addicted to a Dollar" centralizes on the male narrator, a blue collar worker struggling to maintain financial stability.[4]
Music video
[edit | edit source]The music video was directed by Marius Penczner, and features Doug Stone singing the song at a concert in at The Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee.
Critical reception
[edit | edit source]Dan Cooper of Allmusic cited "Addicted to a Dollar" as a standout track on More Love, saying that with the song, "Stone stakes his claim for 'hot country' status alongside all his Nashville peers."[5] Tom Roland also described the song favorably in his review for New Country magazine, where he wrote that the song "captures the stalwart traditional voice behind the balladeer."[4]
Chart positions
[edit | edit source]| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6] | 1 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 4 |
Year-end charts
[edit | edit source]| Chart (1994) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8] | 7 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[9] | 55 |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ AOL Music profile for "Addicted to a Dollar"
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2482." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 23, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- ^ "Doug Stone Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).