Gretchen Wilson Says The “Rowdy Romance” Lyric From “Here For The Party” Was Supposed To Be Dirtier

21 years of singing “Here For The Party.”

This summer, Gretchen Wilson‘s famed single “Here For The Party” turned 21 years old. The song is a cult classic among country fans, along with “Redneck Woman.” Released on July 1, 2004, Wilson released the single as the second and title track for her record sharing the same name.

Penned by Wilson, Big Kenny and John Rich, who compose the country duo Big & Rich, the song was a huge hit, landing in the number three position on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and breaking through the top thirty on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The catchy tune was the perfect follow-up to the record’s lead single “Redneck Woman,” painting a complete picture: Gretchen Wilson was not afraid to admit that some might think she’s trashy, but she’s always down to have a good time and is truly “Here For The Party.”

Wilson has spoken a lot about the making of “Redneck Woman” and how she wrote the song because she didn’t see many other women in country writing for girls a little rougher around the edges like herself, and how she had to fight to get it played on country radio. While “Redneck Woman” had its fair share of stories from Wilson, during an appearance on the Big D & Bubba radio show, Wilson was asked if “Here For The Party” had any similarities to what she’s shared about “Redneck Woman.”

The two hosts talk about how they’ve discussed this song so much over the 21 years since its release, but ask Wilson if there are any secrets about the song’s making that she hasn’t shared before.

“Yeah… there is actually, but I don’t know if it’s suitable… Well, there’s a line in  the second verse that says, ‘If I gave them half a chance for some rowdy romance (I know they would.’ Rowdy romance was not the original lyric.

It was more about getting into some pants…”

HA. I can see how that fits. The men joke that nowadays a line about getting into some pants would fly, but they see why they were trying to play it as a more PG line in the early 2000s.

Wilson jokes that although “rowdy romance” was not the first pick, the corniness of the line works.

“Well, I mean, now that you actually think about it, I mean, we couldn’t come up with anything any cornier than ‘rowdy romance,’ could we? You can tell that it was an afterthought.”

It makes me laugh that that lyric was changed to something much more PG in 2004, but in 2005, we had lyrics like “slap your grandma” in “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk.” Crazy what a year can do, eh?

@bigdandbubba Gretchen Wilson claims the lyric, “Rowdy Romance” from “Here For The Party” was supposed to be something a bit more scandalous… #gretchenwilson #herefortheparty #lyrics #fypシ #fyp ♬ original sound – bigdandbubba

No matter what the original lyric was meant to be, “Here For The Party” will always be a crowd pleaser. Fire it up while you’re here:

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