You're Not in Kansas Anymore | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Jo Dee Messina |
Album: | Jo Dee Messina |
Released: | June 24, 1996[1] |
Genre: | Country |
Length: | 2:53 |
Label: | Curb |
Prev Title: | Heads Carolina, Tails California |
Prev Year: | 1996 |
Next Title: | Do You Wanna Make Something of It? |
Next Year: | 1996 |
"You're Not in Kansas Anymore" is a song written by Tim Nichols and Zack Turner, and recorded by American country music artist Jo Dee Messina. It was released on June 24, 1996 as the second single from her eponymous debut album. The song reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[2]
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling the production, "right on the mark" and says that it provides a "strong framework for Messina's personality-packed vocals." She also says that the hook is one of the "most clever" to come out of Nashville in recent memory.[3]
"You're Not in Kansas Anymore" debuted at number 66 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 6, 1996.