With a contract to Mercury Records (1975), McEntire began her professional career singing heavily pop-influenced ballads, a far cry from the neotraditionalist movement she would help lead a few years later.
"I Don't Want To Be A One Night Stand" became her first charting single in 1976. Her first Top 10 hit "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" followed four years later, and in 1982 she scored her first #1 hit with "Can't Even Get The Blues."
Frustrated at her limited commercial success, McEntire left Mercury and signed with MCA Records in 1984. 1984's "Just A Little Love" wasn't much different form her Mercury material and was only moderately successful. However, another album followed later that same year, titled "My Kind of Country." This was a return-to-roots record, complete with fiddles and steel. It was comprised largely of covers of classic country songs, as well as original songs such as "How Blue" and the Harlan Howard-penned "Somebody Should Leave", both of which reached #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
In the early 1990s McEntire expanded her audience by adopting a softer, more pop-oriented sound. She became one of the best-selling country artists of all time, releasing three volumes of greatest hits collections.
Since that first #1 hit in 1982, she's forked out 21 more chartbusters, which are all recapped on "Reba #1s" released on November 22nd, 2005. The 2-disc compilation features all 22 number one singles (according to Billboard magazine) in chronological order, including two new tracks "You're Gonna Be" and "Love Needs A Holiday." "Reba #1s" also contains 11 singles that reached the #1 spot in publications other than Billboard.
She won the Female Vocalist of the Year award from the Country Music Association four times in a row (a record she holds with Martina McBride), and had dozens of Top Ten hits during the 80s. For her contribution to the recording industry, Reba McEntire has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. In 1995, she was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
She is one of only six solo women (others include Shania Twain, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Taylor Swift), to win the Country Music Association's highest honor, "Entertainer Of The Year". McEntire continued to hit the charts through the 2000s, as well as appearing in television and film, most notably Tremors, a cult horror movie series, Forever Love, and One Night at McCool's. She also starred as Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway, receiving critical acclaim.
From 2001 to 2007, Reba starred in the hit WB television show, Reba (with Texan actor Christopher Rich as her philandering ex-husband), even getting a visit from fellow country star Dolly Parton who played Reba's character's supervisor at a real estate firm.
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Reba McEntire Lyrics
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Would you rather take it in the other room
She's hangin' on and so am I
Yeah, I know all about it don't act so surprised
It's time to end this game you're playin'
She's not the only one who's waitin' on the line
It's up to you
And I won't try to stop you if you go
But if you stay tell her goodbye
I can't take another minute
I can't stand another night
Of wondering if I even matter
It's something only you can answer
Here's the phone, It's your call
There's no easy way out this time
Cause I won't live this way
She called here to talk to you
With a message that I can't take
Oh, I've got to know if I still matter
It's somethin' only you can answer
Here's the phone, It's your call
The song "It's Your Call" by Reba McEntire appears to be a conversation happening between Reba and her love interest who is juggling two women at the same time. She's letting him know that she's aware of the situation and implies that he's been stringing her and the other woman along for too long, and it's time to make a decision. Reba seems to be asking for a clear answer from him, indicating that she needs to know where she stands with him. She offers him the phone, an invitation to make the call he needs to make, to end the ambiguity and make a definitive choice between the two women.
The lyrics suggest the pressure and insecurity that come with being in a love triangle. Reba and the other woman are both waiting on the line for the man's decision, and the indecisiveness is causing Reba a great deal of anxiety. She highlights her need for certainty by indicating the intolerability of continuing to live in limbo. The song's final lines seem to speak to Reba's desperation to find out if she still matters to the man and if he still values their relationship. Ultimately, it's up to him to make the call and define the direction their relationship will go.
Line by Line Meaning
It's your call, It's her
It's your decision whether or not to answer the phone call from her.
Would you rather take it in the other room
Do you want to continue your relationship with her without me knowing?
She's hangin' on and so am I
Both she and I are waiting for you to make a decision.
Yeah, I know all about it don't act so surprised
I am aware of your infidelity, so please don't pretend you didn't know.
It's time to end this game you're playin'
It's time to stop playing around and make a choice.
She's not the only one who's waitin' on the line
I am also waiting on the line for you to make a decision.
It's your call
The decision is yours.
It's up to you
You are the one who has the power to choose.
And I won't try to stop you if you go
If you choose to leave, I won't try to stop you.
But if you stay tell her goodbye
If you choose to stay, you need to end things with her.
I can't take another minute
I am at my breaking point and can't take any more of this.
I can't stand another night
The thought of spending another night like this is unbearable.
Of wondering if I even matter
I am questioning if I am important to you at all.
It's something only you can answer
Only you can decide if I am important to you or not.
Here's the phone, It's your call
The decision is yours and the phone is in your hands.
There's no easy way out this time
This situation can't be resolved easily.
Cause I won't live this way
I can't continue living with this uncertainty and pain.
She called here to talk to you
She called here to speak with you, which caused me more pain.
With a message that I can't take
The message she had for you was unbearable for me to hear.
Oh, I've got to know if I still matter
I need to know if I am still important to you.
It's somethin' only you can answer
Only you have the answer to my question.
Here's the phone, It's your call
The decision is yours and the phone is in your hands.
Lyrics © CALHOUN ENTERPRISES, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: BRUCE BURCH, SHAWNA HARRINGTON BURKHART, LIZ HENGBER
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@melissaderosa4253
Hey ya'll,
Bobbie Gentry in 1969 wrote and sung Fancy!!!! In 1992 Reba had permission, etc to sing Fancy...so glad !!! I'm a southerner by birth!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm a descendant of William Anderson Anse Devil Hatfield 👹yeah!!!! My birth daddy in 1967 when I was born nicknamed me Fancy Lord have mercy!!!!!!!++++
I'm a proud mama to 2 adorable spitfire 👱♂️s!!!!!!!!!
I'm trying to locate and reunite with my birth daddy!!!!! I want my birth daddy to say to me hey my Fancy, my 1st child, I'm proud of you, 😘 my grand babies you gave me, etc!!!!!!!
Know he'd kick ass when necessary, etc!!!!!
I'm in a complicated relationship with my 👱♂️s dad.
I can't and won't walk, as got my babies to keep, 😘, etc!!!!!!
I ain't gonna gamble and wind up ❤broken separated from my babies!!!!! Even with agencies that can help, my KIN will step up to the plate, etc I ain't gonna risk it!!!!+
Hence my daddy Ray, this is your 52 + @ half Melissa, your Fancy aching, longing to hug my daddy again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you 👀 and fall in 😘 with your grand babies from me, you'd not met yet!!!!!!
I know God has a soulmate for me too on 🌎!!!!! He knows, has 👀n,👂, etc whatever has occurred yikes scares the 👹 out of me!!!!! God our Creator, God, 🌅 Father has a plan!!!!
Hope it gives me a stellar good surprise!!!!++ I'm hanging in there!!!!!!!
We'd lost a close deputy we knew, were friends. Our #1 ,he's a 😇 way too damn young in 🌅 due to the lethal, serious cornavirus!!!!!!!! He was a stellar Godly man, not a bad bone, always kind selfless acts to his family, his fiance, his friends and neighbors!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our 👱♂️a sure miss running ro him, being swooped up individual by him!!!! A good strong hug, a kiss on their cheek or top of their heads!
I'm 😭ing. I was hit the hardest of our family on his passing!!!!!
I will miss my hugs, a quick cheek kiss, his.😁,❤, a kindred souled man, my #1 hero!!!!!!!!
NOW IM 😭ING MORE ACHING, BROKEN ❤ED, R.I.P. OUR 😇, OUR BELOVED DEPUTY WHO PROTECTED OUR 👱♂️S, OUR 1 SON'S SCHOOL!!!!!++ WE WILL CARRY ON YOUR STELLAR LEGACY ALWAYS, YOU WON'T BE 4GOTTEN !!!!!!!!!!!! THE 👱♂️S SO MISS AND WILL ALWAYS 😘YOU, SPEAK OF YOU WITH SUCH ADMIRATION, 😘.AND RESPECT DAILY!!!! THEIR DAD CHANGED IN SOME WAYS DUE TO THE CHATS YOU 2 HAD, GOD, ETC!!!!! IT'S STILL ROUGH BETWEEN US ON+OFF.
PLEASE YA'LL CHERISH YOUR FAMILY, YOUR LIFE, YOUR BABIES, YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER, YOUR INNER CIRCLE WHO ARE TRUE FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!
KEEP YOUR SELF ON THE NARROW PATH NOT THE 🌎LY AND UNGODLY 1 TO 👹!!YA GO TO 🌅!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KEEP YOUR HEALTH, LIGHT, 🌅, BE SAFE AND WELL!!!!!!!!!!
BEST WISHES, HUGS AND 😘:
Melissa
@aaronperry6851
2024 who's watching??
@grantdanner1167
Grow up
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Absolutely here watching
@skylerturner7357
Wanna get married 😅
@fionagold7257
Reba is a very talented and gifted singer and she has this magical voice and lyrics that I love so much 🌹💕her songs will be forgotten in this world🌍
Since when have you been listening to Reba songs?
@jessica-ls6kz
Absolutely ❤
@kubet2
If you're watching this in 2021, I love you and you're not alone
@tristenkillian8580
Thanks bud
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Thanksss
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Holla!