- Stealing Cinderella
Infobox Single
Name = Stealing Cinderella
Cover size =
Caption =
Artist =Chuck Wicks
Album =Starting Now
Released = Start date|2007|09|10
Format =CD single Digital download
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 4:04
Label = RCA Nashville
Writer = Chuck Wicks
George TerenRivers Rutherford
Producer =Dann Huff
Monty Powell
This single = "Stealing Cinderella"
(2007)
Next single = "All I Ever Wanted"
(2008)
Misc ="Stealing Cinderella" is the debut single of American
country music artistChuck Wicks . Released in September of 2007, the single was co-written by Wicks along with songwriters George Teren andRivers Rutherford . The single produced the biggest debut for any new country artist in all of 2007, with fifty-two "Billboard"-monitored stations in the United States adding the song in its first official week of airplay.cite web |url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=957 |title=Chuck Wicks performs "Stealing Cinderella" at wedding of UT coach's daughter |accessdate=2007-11-11 |date=2007-10-01 |work=Country Standard Time] cite web |url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=920&t=Chuck_Wicks_debuts_single |title=Chuck Wicks debut single |accessdate=2007-11-11 |date=2007-09-17 |work=Country Standard Time] Overall, the song peaked at #5 on theHot Country Songs charts.Content
"Stealing Cinderella" is a ballad which, through allusions to the fairy tale of
Cinderella , the narrator tells of a conversation with his girlfriend's father, asking for the father's permission to marry his daughter.cite web |url=http://www.the9513.com/chuck-wicks-stealing-cinderella/ |title=Chuck Wicks - "Stealing Cinderella" |accessdate=2007-11-11 |date=2007-09-18 |work=The 9513] Throughout the conversation, the young man realizes that, although she is an adult, the father will always think of his daughter as a young girl -- one who is "playing Cinderella, riding her first bike / Bouncing on the bed and looking for a pillow fight". In addition, the young man discovers that although the daughter may think of the young man asPrince Charming , the father views him as "just some fella / Riding in and stealing Cinderella". By the song's bridge, the daughter is called into the room; as she gives her father a hug, the younger man begins to understand the father's point of view as well — that he, the younger man, is indeed the one who is "stealing Cinderella".Reception
The 9513 reviewer Brady Vercher gave the song a "thumbs up" review. Although he felt that it was unusual to use Cinderella for a comparison (as Cinderella's father died in the fairy tale), and that the song's verses "gloss [ed] over" the allusions to the fairy tale, he nonetheless could identify with the sentiment of the song's central character.
Public performance
On August 25, 2007, Wicks performed the song at his
Grand Ole Opry debut. [cite web |url=http://www.rcarecordslabel.com/pressreleases/details.cfm?artistid=1000034&pressid=1000301 |title=Chuck Wicks Kicks Off Whirlwind Weekend with Grand Ole Opry Debut |accessdate=2007-09-15 |date=2007-08-21 |work=RCA Records] In October 2007, Wicks was invited byUniversity of Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer to perform "Stealing Cinderella" at the wedding of Fulmer's daughter Courtney.Chart performance
On the U.S. "Billboard"
Hot Country Songs charts dated for the week of September 8, 2007, "Stealing Cinderella" debuted at #53. [cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=357&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Country+Songs&ci=3086075&cdi=9377312&cid=09%2F08%2F2007 |title=Billboard Hot Country Songs chart listing for "Stealing Cinderella" |accessdate=2007-11-11 |work=Billboard.com] Fifty-two of the country music stations on "Billboard"'s panel added the song in its first official week of airplay, boosting it to #42 that week.Peak positions
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