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
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