What Part of No

What Part of No

Infobox Single
Name = What Part of No


Artist = Lorrie Morgan
from Album = Watch Me
Released = 1992
Format = single
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 2:45
Label = BNA
Writer = Wayne Perry, Gerald Smith
Producer = Richard Landis
Last single = "Watch Me"
(1992)
This single = "What Part of No"
(1992)
Next single = "I Guess You Had to Be There"
(1993)

"What Part of No" is a song recorded by American country music artist Lorrie Morgan. Released as the second single from her 1992 album "Watch Me", the single reached Number One on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts dated for the week of February 27, 1993, holding the Number One position for three weeks. To date, it is Morgan's biggest hit.

She performed the song on the live telecast of the 11th annual Music City News Country Songwriters Awards. [ [http://tv.yahoo.com/music-city-news-country-songwriters-awards/show/17653/castcrew Music City News Country Songwriters Awards] ] A cover version has also been recorded by pop singer Deborah Gibson.

tory

A woman in a social setting is approached repeatedly by a persistent man who sends her a rose, then buys her a drink and asks her to dance. The woman, uninterested in the man despite his advances, finally asks "What part of 'no' don't you understand?"

Analyses

The writer Sandy Carter cites "What Part of No" in an article on the politics of country music, giving it as an example of his argument, "Most significantly, the commercial appeal of the current generation of country women seems directly linked to a feminist oriented lyric." He argues that this song, together with Morgan's other hits "Watch Me" and "Five Minutes", sends a message that the singer "takes clear control of her relationships" and then discusses similar trends in songs by other artists.Sandy Carter, " [http://zena.secureforum.com/znet/zmag/articles/sept94carter.htm Wild And Blue: The Politics Of Country] ," "Z Magazine", September 1994] The song is also mentioned in the introduction to a legal article, "What Part of ‘No’ Don’t You Understand?", as "forcefully relat [ing] the anguish of a victim of sexual harassment." William D. Evans Jr. [http://www.tba.org/Journal_TBArchives/may00/TBJ-may00-no.html "What Part of ‘No’ Don’t You Understand?: Recent Developments in Workplace Sexual Harassment Law,"] "Tennessee Bar Journal", Vol. 36, No. 5, May 2000]

References

External links

* [http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/what-part-of-no.html What Part of No] at The Phrase Finder


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