"I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" is a song written by
Dewayne Blackwell
Dewayne L. Blackwell (September 17, 1936 – May 23, 2021) was an American songwriter active since the 1950s. His songs include " Mr. Blue", a 1959 hit for the Fleetwoods; "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home", a 1982 hit for David Frizzell ...
, and recorded by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
artist
David Frizzell
David Frizzell (born September 26, 1941) is an American country music singer. He is the younger brother of country musician, Lefty Frizzell. His career started in the late 1950s, but his biggest success came in the 1980s.
Biography
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. It was released in April 1982 as the first single from the album ''The Family's Fine, But This One's All Mine''. The song was Frizzell's only number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 14 weeks in country music's top 40.
Along with reaching No. 3 on the magazine's Top Country Tracks chart, the song unexpectedly became a mainstream pop hit in Canada, peaking at No. 20 on the RPM Top Singles chart.
Content
The song talks of a wife who grows tired of her husband's barhopping (and spending his entire paycheck doing so). She then comes up with a unique plan – she decides to redecorate their house into a bar, and play the part of bartender/waitress as an inducement to get her husband to stay at home (and possibly bring his friends along with him, so they can spend ''their'' paychecks). While he recovers from his
hangover
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the following morning, she will deposit the proceeds in their bank account.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
1982 singles
David Frizzell songs
Songs written by Dewayne Blackwell
Song recordings produced by Snuff Garrett
Warner Records singles
1982 songs
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