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

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Wayne Carson → wroteSong → She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft) ⓘ
She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft) → hasNotableLyric → She got the goldmine, I got the shaft ⓘ
linked to: She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)