Scream (Mindy McCready song)

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"Scream"
This is the single cover to Mindy McCready's song "Scream".
Single by Mindy McCready
from the album Mindy McCready
B-side"I Just Want Love"
ReleasedOctober 30, 2000[1]
GenreCountry
Length3:34
LabelCapitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Billy Joe Walker Jr.
Mindy McCready singles chronology
"All I Want Is Everything"
(1999) 		"Scream"
(2000) 		"Maybe, Maybe Not"
(2002)

"Scream" is a song by American country music artist Mindy McCready, taken from her eponymous fourth studio album (2002). It was McCready's debut single with Capitol Records Nashville after getting dropped from BNA Records. The song was written by Helen Darling and Jenai, with production by Billy Joe Walker Jr. It was released on October 30, 2000 as the lead single from the album, nearly two years before it was actually released.

It was not a success, only peaking at number 46 on the US Hot Country Songs chart but became her first top-50 single since "The Other Side of This Kiss" from her 1997 album If I Don't Stay the Night.

Music video

Roger Pistole directed the music video for "Scream". The video debuted to CMT the week of October 29, 2000.[2]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard gave the song a mixed review, initially starting off positively saying that the song finds McCready in a "sultry, smoky, more mature mode." However, Price comments that McCready "works hard but has a tough time with an obtuse lyric."[3]

Commercial performance

"Scream" debuted on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart (then titled "Hot Country Singles & Tracks") the week of November 11, 2000, at number 69.[4] The following week, it rose to number 55. The song peaked at number 46 on the chart the week of January 20, 2001, spending 13 weeks in total on the chart.

On the Radio & Records Country Top 50, the song debuted at number 47 on December 8, 2000.[5] The song peaked at number 41 on January 19, 2001.[6] The song spent 6 weeks total on the chart, last charting the week of January 26, 2001.[7]

Charts

Chart (2000–2001) Peak
position
US Country Top 50 (Radio & Records)[6] 41
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 46

References

  1. ^ "Going for Adds: Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1374. p. 79. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "Video Monitor: New Ons". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 46. Nielsen Business Media. November 11, 2000. p. 99. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ^ Price, Deborah Evans (November 4, 2000). Taylor, Chuck (ed.). "Reviews & Previews | Singles: Mindy McCready – "Scream"". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 45. Nielsen Business Media. p. 26. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  4. ^ Jessen, Wade (November 11, 2000). "Country Corner: Like, Cool". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 46. Nielsen Business Media. p. 41. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  5. ^ "R&R Country Top 50" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1380. December 8, 2000. p. 66. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "R&R Country Top 50" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1385. January 19, 2001. p. 66. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  7. ^ "R&R Country Top 50" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1386. January 26, 2001. p. 71. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  8. ^ "Mindy McCready Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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