| 词条 | I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box) | ||||||||
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| name = I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box) | cover = Doug Stone - I'd Be Better Off.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Doug Stone | album = Doug Stone | B-side = "It's a Good Thing I Don't Love You Anymore"[1] | released = February 1, 1990[2] | format = CD Single, Cassingle, 7" single | recorded = 1989 | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 3:20 | label = Epic 73895 | writer = Johnny MacRae, Steve Clark | producer = Doug Johnson | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Fourteen Minutes Old | next_year = 1990 }} "I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)" is the title of a debut single written by Johnny MacRae and Steve Clark, and recorded by American country music artist Doug Stone. It was released in February 1990 as the first single from his self titled debut album. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and #5 on The Canadian RPM Tracks chart. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. ContentIn this song, the narrator describes the anguish he feels knowing that the woman who left him has found love with another man and will never come back to him. His pain is so great he is considering suicide or murder to end it. Killing himself (and being shipped home in a pauper's casket) or killing them (and spending his life in prison) seem preferable to having "her and him together" on his mind. Music videoThe music video was directed by directing duo Deaton-Flanigen. The video features Stone singing the song in a motel room, with him hitchhiking for a ride. At the end of the video, it shows his former lover getting married to another man. As Stone walks away, the woman takes a glance at him as the limo that she and her new husband is in leaves the church. Critical receptionBrian Mansfield of Allmusic praised the song by calling it "a towering expression of self-pity that most singers could spend a career trying to top".[3]Chart performance
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References1. ^{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=405|isbn=0-89820-177-2}} {{Doug Stone}}{{DEFAULTSORT:I'd Be Better Off (In A Pine Box)}}2. ^AOL Music Profile for "I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)" 3. ^{{cite web | last=Mansfield | first=Brian | title=Doug Stone | url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r94262|pure_url=yes}} | work=Allmusic | accessdate=2009-06-05 }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9172&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990|work=RPM|date=December 22, 1990|accessdate=August 23, 2013}} 5. ^{{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1990: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1990| accessdate=August 23, 2013}} 8 : 1990 singles|Doug Stone songs|Debut singles|Music videos directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions|Epic Records singles|Song recordings produced by Doug Johnson (record producer)|1990 songs|Songs written by Johnny MacRae |
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