Mr. Mom (Lonestar song)

"Mr. Mom"
Single by Lonestar
from the album Let's Be Us Again
Released	July 12, 2004
Genre	Country
Length	3:28
Label	BNA Records
Writer(s)	Ron Harbin Richie McDonald Don Pfrimmer
Producer	Dann Huff Lonestar
Certification	Gold (U.S.)
Lonestar singles chronology
"Let's Be Us Again" (2004) "Mr. Mom" (2004) "Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)" (2005)

"Mr. Mom" is the title of a song written by Ron Harbin, Richie McDonald and Don Pfrimmer, and recorded by American country music band Lonestar. It was released in July 2004 as the second single from their album Let's Be Us Again. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart on November 20, and is their last number one hit to date.^[1]

Content

The song is a moderate up-tempo in which the lead singer describes his attempts to be "Mr. Mom" — i.e., a stay-at-home father attempting to raise his children while his wife is at work.

Music video

The music video is a cartoon set in Nashville portraying a baby and a couple of kids, and features scenes in sync with the lyrics. When the kids' mother comes back home from work, she finds her husband tied up by the kids. Angered, she sends them to upstairs. The video ends with a bus coming by, turning into live action featuring the cartoon baby in the bus. The music video was directed by Roman White.

Trivia

The band's name appears three different times in the video. First is the crayon drawing on the wall, second is on the car's licence plate, and third is on the back of the leaving bus.

Chart performance

"Mr. Mom" debuted at #46 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated July 24, 2004. It charted for 28 weeks on that chart, and reached Number One on the chart dated November 20, 2004, and stayed there for two weeks.

Chart (2004)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	33

Preceded by "In a Real Love" by Phil Vassar

Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number one single November 20-November 27, 2004

Succeeded by "Nothing On but the Radio" by Gary Allan

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.