Goodbye Earl

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"Goodbye Earl" is a darkly comic country song by the Dixie Chicks about two friends who murder an abusive husband and dispose of his body.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Goodbye Earl canonical 7
“Goodbye Earl” 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Fly ⓘ
artist Dixie Chicks ⓘ
The Chicks ⓘ
linked to: Dixie Chicks
awarenessImpact Brought attention to domestic abuse issues in popular country music ⓘ
chartPerformance Reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart ⓘ
composer Dennis Linde ⓘ
controversy Lyrics about killing an abusive husband led some radio stations to refuse to play the song ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresCameo Dennis Franz ⓘ
Jane Krakowski ⓘ
Lauren Holly ⓘ
Michael DeLuise ⓘ
linked to: Peter DeLuise
genre country ⓘ
country pop ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ
hasCharacter Earl ⓘ
Mary Ann ⓘ
Wanda ⓘ
hasChorusLine "Earl had to die" ⓘ
hasFormat CD single ⓘ
digital download ⓘ
radio single ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Yes ⓘ
labelCatalogRole lead single promoting the darker comedic side of the Fly album ⓘ
language English ⓘ
musicalFeature fiddle-driven arrangement ⓘ
three-part vocal harmonies ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Evan Bernard ⓘ
narrativeTheme domestic violence ⓘ
female friendship ⓘ
murder ⓘ
vigilante justice ⓘ
partOfAlbum Fly ⓘ
performer Dixie Chicks ⓘ
The Chicks ⓘ
linked to: Dixie Chicks
plotSummary Two friends murder an abusive husband named Earl and dispose of his body. ⓘ
producer Blake Chancey ⓘ
Paul Worley ⓘ
recordLabel Monument Records ⓘ
releaseYear 2000 ⓘ
singleFromAlbumNumber third single from the album Fly ⓘ
tempo uptempo ⓘ
writer Dennis Linde ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dixie Chicks → hasHitSong → Goodbye Earl ⓘ
Fly → hasPart → Goodbye Earl ⓘ
Fly → hasPart → Goodbye Earl ⓘ
subject linked to: Fly (1999)
Fly → hasHitSingle → Goodbye Earl ⓘ
subject linked to: Fly (1999)
Emily Strayer → notableWork → “Goodbye Earl” ⓘ
linked to: Goodbye Earl
Love Their Country → hasTrack → Goodbye Earl ⓘ