Robbed hit of the week 6/13/22 - SHeDAISY's "I Will...But"...

 

 

"I Will...But" - SHeDAISY

from the album The Whole SHeBANG (1999)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #43 (two weeks)

 

This week's "robbed hit" comes from the country trio of sisters SHeDAISY, whose debut single "Little Good-Byes" was a top ten country radio hit that also was a "robbed hit" just missing the pop top-40 in the summer of 1999.  Their next single, the waltz "This Woman Needs", reached the top ten on the Country radio chart at #9, and peaked at #57 on the Hot 100. At the close of the millennium, the trio released a holiday single that would be on their Christmas album Brand New Year the following year, "Deck The Halls", that went to #40 on the Country Singles chart and #61 on the Hot 100. (Seriously, it's one of my favorite holiday albums of all time.)

 

Kassidy, Kelsi, and Kaitlyn Osborn released their third single from their debut album The Whole SHeBANG, "I Will...But", in the spring of 2000. Written by Kaitlyn with Jason Deere, and produced by Dann Huff, the uptempo track has the women singing about all the things they won't do for their lover in the verses, with the chorus bringing out what they want to do. It's a cute way to roll out a female empowerment song, with dozens of zingers like "I won't be the prize you flaunt" and "I won't be the picture of perfection to adorn your wall". The infectious circular production by Huff helps sell this big, straddling the line between Nashville and Los Angeles in a more effective way that Faith Hill and Martina McBride even did, and in return the group got their biggest country single success...

While "I Will...But" was their biggest country hit, spending three weeks at #2 on Billboard magazine's Country singles chart, the song stopped short of the pop crossover top-40 (criminally) in September of 2000. Internationally, the single made it to #3 on the Canadian Country chart.

The next single from the Whole SHeBANG album was "Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me)", which veers into Shania Twain territory. The song just missed the country radio top ten at #11, and stopped at #79 on the Hot 100. A fifth and final single, the album's big ballad "Still Holding Out For You", made it to #27 on the Country Singles chart. 

After their Brand New Year album made the Billboard 200 at #92, the trio returned with their third studio album Knock On The Sky in 2002. Despite the good start, becoming their first to reach the top-40 on the Billboard 200 at #23, and #3 at Country Albums, both singles from the record got a cooler reception at radio, with "Get Over Yourself" doing the best at #27. 

The sisters regrouped in 2004 for their fourth effort Sweet Right Here, which ended up being their highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 at #16 (as well as their best on the Country Albums list at #2), going on to sell a half million copies. The third single from the record, "Don't Worry 'Bout A Thing", returned the trio to the Country Singles top ten for a fourth and so-far last time at #7, while making it to #59 on the Hot 100. 

SHeDAISY's most recent album Fortuneteller's Melody came out in 2006. Lead single "I'm Taking The Wheel" went to #21 on the Country Singles chart, followed by "In Terms Of Love" which peaked at #32, their most recent radio hit. Even though the album made the top-40 on the Billboard 200 at #22, and #6 on the Country Albums list, the trio was let go by Lyric Street after a greatest hits set even though a sixth album had already been recorded. They've continued as a trio, but we are still waiting for new music from the group, who had definitely carved themselves a needed niche in the genre. 

(10/10)

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Here's SHeDAISY performing "I Will...But" on the Drew Carey Show promoting the album...