She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)

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"She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" is a humorous country song, popularized by Jerry Reed, that satirically recounts a man's misfortunes in a bitter divorce settlement.

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She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album The Man with the Golden Thumb NERFINISHED
artist Jerry Reed NERFINISHED
associatedAct Jerry Reed NERFINISHED
bSide 40 Hour Week
chartedOn Billboard Hot Country Singles chart NERFINISHED
chartPeakCountryUS 1
chartPeakUSBillboardHot100 approximately 57
composer Tim DuBois NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decade 1980s
firstLineApproximate Well, I guess it was back in ’63 when eatin’ my cookin’ got the better of me GENERATED
followedBySingle Another Puff NERFINISHED
format 7-inch single
genre country music
novelty song
hasCulturalReputation classic country comedy song
hasMainCharacter a working-class husband
hasMusicVideo yes
hasNotableLyric She got the goldmine, I got the shaft NERFINISHED
includedInAlbum The Man with the Golden Thumb NERFINISHED
isHumorousSongAbout a man losing assets in a divorce settlement
language English
length approximately 3:18
lyricist Tim DuBois NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective first person
notableFor comic spoken monologue sections
satire of divorce laws
partOf Jerry Reed discography NERFINISHED
peakChartPosition 1 on Billboard Hot Country Singles chart
performedGenre country
performedOn country radio
performer Jerry Reed NERFINISHED
Rick Hall NERFINISHED
precededBySingle The Man with the Golden Thumb NERFINISHED
producer Rick Hall NERFINISHED
recordLabel RCA Records
releaseDate 1982-07
releaseYear 1982
theme alimony
divorce
marital breakup
tone humorous
satirical
vocalist Jerry Reed NERFINISHED
writer Tim DuBois NERFINISHED

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Wayne Carson wroteSong She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)