Strange (Reba McEntire song)
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| "Strange" | ||||
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| Single by Reba | ||||
| from the album Keep On Loving You | ||||
| Released | April 6, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | Starstruck Records/Valory Music Co. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Wendell Mobley Jason Sellers Neil Thrasher | |||
| Producer(s) | Mark Bright Reba McEntire | |||
| Reba singles chronology | ||||
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"Strange" is a song written by Wendell Mobley, Jason Sellers and Neil Thrasher, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire as her first release for the Valory label, a sister label of Big Machine Records. McEntire debuted the song on the Academy of Country Music awards the week before its release to country radio. It is the first single from her twenty-fifth studio album, Keep On Loving You, released on August 18, 2009.
"Strange" is a moderate up-tempo in which the narrator says that she has just ended a relationship, and that she finds it "strange" that she is not upset over its ending. McEntire described the song as "tongue-in-cheek. It's a little bit about, you know, 'I'm supposed to be in love with this guy and really heartbroken, but I'm not.' So, it's a tough-woman song."[1]
Critical reception
Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song a favorable review, saying that McEntire sang the song strongly, and by doing so, sounded "renewed, refreshed and ready to conquer the charts once again."[2] Billboard also gave the song a positive review, with critic Deborah Evans Price saying McEntire delivers "the ultimate sassy anthem about a woman's resilience" and calling it a "delicious performance from one of country music's most gifted divas."[3] Entertainment Weekly called the song the best on the album, by saying "Reba McEntire leads off her 31st album with 'Strange', an addictively sinister kiss-off that the next 12 tracks struggle to match".[4]