“‘Til I Get it Right”
Tammy Wynette
Written by Larry Henley and Red Lane
Billboard
#1 (1 week)
March 10, 1973
We’re moving toward the end of Tammy Wynette’s impressive run of hits, with the chart-toppers becoming fewer and farther between.
But most of her remaining number one singles are bona fide classics that either skewer the Tammy Wynette archetype or openly subvert it.
“‘Til I Get it Right” is one of the latter kind, a gorgeous ballad of resilience that recasts Wynette’s string of heartbreaks as just lessons along the way to her getting it right.
It’s affirming and resilient enough a song that Trisha Yearwood covered it two decades later, a reminder that Wynette’s legacy runs both broader and deeper than her trad wife anthems.
“’Til I Get it Right” gets an A.
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