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词条 Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile
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  1. Content

  2. Critical reception

  3. Chart performance

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox song
| name = Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = David Allan Coe
| album = Just Divorced
| B-side = "Someone Special"[1]
| released = {{Start date|1984|03}}
| format = Single
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=38}}
| label = Columbia
| writer = Johnny Cunningham
| producer = Billy Sherrill
| prev_title = Ride 'em Cowboy
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = It's Great to Be Single Again
| next_year = 1984
}}

"Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile" is a song written by Johnny Cunningham and recorded by David Allan Coe. It was the first single from Coe's 1984 album Just Divorced, and was released to radio in early 1984. The song is Coe's highest-charting single, with a peak of number two on the U.S. country music charts.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo ballad about a young blonde girl, featuring allusions to the iconic Da Vinci painting.

Critical reception

Thom Jurek of Allmusic described the song favorably in his review, saying that "[t]he layered strings and organ work are slick, but they add such warmth and depth in contrast to Coe's voice that it works to devastating effect."[2]

Chart performance

The song spent twenty-two weeks on the Billboard country singles charts, reaching a peak of number two and accounting for Coe's highest peak there.[1] In Canada, it reached Number One on the RPM Country Tracks charts dated for June 30, 1984.[3]

Chart (1984)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

References

1. ^{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=98|isbn=0-89820-177-2}}
2. ^{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r92053|pure_url=yes}} |title=Just Divorced review |last=Jurek |first=Thom |work=Allmusic |accessdate=8 October 2010}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6782&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=5k2habs6oq2oo3qhbu41reev74 |title=RPM Country Tracks for June 30, 1984 |work=RPM |accessdate=8 October 2010}}

External links

  • {{MetroLyrics song|david-allan-coe|mona-lisa-lost-her-smile}}
{{David Allan Coe}}{{Mona Lisa}}

5 : 1984 singles|David Allan Coe songs|RPM Country Tracks number-one singles|Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill|1984 songs

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