"Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" is a song written by Byron Hill and Wayne Tester, 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

Tracy Byrd Tracy Lynn Byrd (born December 17, 1966) is an American country music artist. Signed to MCA Nashville Records in 1992, Byrd broke through on the country music scene that year with his 1993 single " Holdin' Heaven", which reached Number One on ' ...

. It was released in April 1994 as the first single from the album '' No Ordinary Man''. The song won an ASCAP Award for being among the most performed country songs of 1994.

Critical reception

Larry Flick, of '' Billboard'' magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song is "chock full of hilarious white trash-isms" and calls it Byrd's best single so far.'' Billboard'', April 23, 1994

Chart positions

Year-end charts

References

1994 singles 1994 songs Tracy Byrd songs Songs written by Byron Hill MCA Records singles Song recordings produced by Jerry Crutchfield Songs written by Wayne Tester {{1994-country-song-stub