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Richell Rene "Chely" Wright (born October 25, 1970) is an American CountryMusic singer. She is known primarily for her hit "Single White Female" and pretty much [[OneHitWonder nothing else]]. Far after this hit, Wright was the subject of much controversy and attention in the country genre -- who are by and large a pretty conservative bunch -- for coming out as a lesbian.

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Richell Rene "Chely" Wright (born October 25, 1970) is an American CountryMusic singer. She is known primarily for her hit "Single White Female" and pretty much [[OneHitWonder nothing else]].Female". Far after this hit, Wright was the subject of much controversy and attention in the country genre -- who are by and large a pretty conservative bunch -- for coming out as a lesbian.



* TheFourChordsOfPop: The stanzas of ''One Night In Las Vegas'' start with the familiar I-V-vi-IV progression.

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* TheFourChordsOfPop: The stanzas of ''One "One Night In Las Vegas'' Vegas" start with the familiar I-V-vi-IV progression.



* LoveTriangle: "Jezebel" has the narrator actively confronting his man's mistress, the titular Jezebel, and "fight[ing] for love until the death" to get him back.



* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: {{Discussed}} by ''Emma Jean`s Guitar'': "She only needed three chords to play those good ol` country songs". The song itself, however, is Administrivia/NotAnExample.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: ''Heavenly Days'': "Tennessee tomboy, feminine girl, takin' a ride on top of the world..."

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* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: {{Discussed}} by ''Emma "Emma Jean`s Guitar'': Guitar": "She only needed three chords to play those good ol` country songs". The song itself, however, is Administrivia/NotAnExample.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: ''Heavenly Days'': "Heavenly Days": "Tennessee tomboy, feminine girl, takin' a ride on top of the world..."
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Richell Rene "Chely" Wright (born October 25, 1970) is an American CountryMusic singer. She is known primarily for her hit "Single White Female" and pretty much [[OneHitWonder nothing else]]. Far after this hit, Wright was the subject of much controversy and attention in the country genre -- who are by and large a pretty conservative bunch-= for coming out as a lesbian.

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Richell Rene "Chely" Wright (born October 25, 1970) is an American CountryMusic singer. She is known primarily for her hit "Single White Female" and pretty much [[OneHitWonder nothing else]]. Far after this hit, Wright was the subject of much controversy and attention in the country genre -- who are by and large a pretty conservative bunch-= bunch -- for coming out as a lesbian.
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no one has called it "country and western" since the 1970s


Richell Rene "Chely" Wright (born October 25, 1970) is an American CountryMusic singer. She is known primarily for her hit "Single White Female" and pretty much [[OneHitWonder nothing else]]. Far after this hit, Wright was the subject of much controversy in the Country and Western fandom -who are by and large a pretty conservative bunch- for coming out as a lesbian.

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Richell Rene "Chely" Wright (born October 25, 1970) is an American CountryMusic singer. She is known primarily for her hit "Single White Female" and pretty much [[OneHitWonder nothing else]]. Far after this hit, Wright was the subject of much controversy and attention in the Country and Western fandom -who country genre -- who are by and large a pretty conservative bunch- bunch-= for coming out as a lesbian.
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Dewicking Bi The Way per the Trope Repair Shop thread.


* BiTheWay: The addressee of the song ''Like Me'': "Who's gonna end up holding your hand - a beautiful woman or a tall handsome man?"
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* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: {{Discussed}} by ''Emma Jean`s Guitar'': "She only needed three chords to play those good ol` country songs". The song itself, however, is NotAnExample.

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* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: {{Discussed}} by ''Emma Jean`s Guitar'': "She only needed three chords to play those good ol` country songs". The song itself, however, is NotAnExample.Administrivia/NotAnExample.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Her fan club posed as family or friends of military members to plant requests for "The Bumper of My SUV".
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Chely Wright is a CountryMusic singer. She is known primarily for her hit "Single White Female" and pretty much [[OneHitWonder nothing else]]. Far after this hit, Wright was the subject of much controversy in the Country and Western fandom -who are by and large a pretty conservative bunch- for coming out as a lesbian.

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Chely Richell Rene "Chely" Wright (born October 25, 1970) is a an American CountryMusic singer. She is known primarily for her hit "Single White Female" and pretty much [[OneHitWonder nothing else]]. Far after this hit, Wright was the subject of much controversy in the Country and Western fandom -who are by and large a pretty conservative bunch- for coming out as a lesbian.

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* BreakUpSong: "Shut Up and Drive" is about a woman escaping a relationship, telling herself to "shut up and drive", "don't look in the mirror", and "turn the radio on".

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"Shut Up and Drive" is about a woman escaping a relationship, telling herself to "shut up and drive", "don't look in the mirror", and "turn the radio on".on".
** "She Went Out for Cigarettes" has the woman announcing to her man that she's just going out to buy something at the store... only to keep on driving and leave him behind.


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* ThePowerOfLove: "It Was":
-->It was real, it was magic\\
It was calm, it was savage\\
It was cool as a breeze\\
It was warm to the touch\\
It was never enough\\
It was always too much\\
It did all the things love does\\
That's how I knew it was

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!!Tropes associated with Chely

Wright include:began her career with a pair of albums on the troubled Polydor Nashville label. When she moved from them to MCA Records in 1997, she recorded a total of three albums. The first had a modest hit in the urgent breakup song "Shut Up and Drive", and the second her biggest hit to date, "Single White Female". Her third MCA album was panned for a more slick pop sound, although "Never Love You Enough" and "Jezebel" both made the charts.

After exiting MCA, she began releasing albums independently, notching a couple runaway hits with "Back of the Bottom Drawer" and "The Bumper of My SUV". The latter was the subject of controversy, due to members of her fan club allegedly posing as relatives of soldiers in order to plant requests for it. Despite having not touched radio ever since, Wright has maintained critical acclaim with her indie releases.

In addition to her own work, Wright co-wrote and sang backing vocals on Music/ClayWalker's 2003 hit "I Can't Sleep".

!Albums
*''Woman in the Moon'' (1994)
*''Right in the Middle of It'' (1996)
*''Let Me In'' (1997)
*''Single White Female'' (1999)
*''Never Love You Enough'' (2001)
*''The Metropolitan Hotel'' (2005)
*''Lifted Off the Ground'' (2010)
*''I Am the Rain'' (2016)

!Tropes present in her work:

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%%* HotTeacher: Played this in ''Film/MaxKeeblesBigMove''.


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* LyricalColdOpen: "Shut Up and Drive".

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* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday and HilariousInHindsight: Try watching the video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PaZEPvVDpE ''Single White Female'']] with a straight face these days.
* HotTeacher: Played this in ''Film/MaxKeeblesBigMove''

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* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday and HilariousInHindsight: Try watching the video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PaZEPvVDpE ''Single White Female'']] with a straight face these days.
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%%* HotTeacher: Played this in ''Film/MaxKeeblesBigMove''''Film/MaxKeeblesBigMove''.



* ShiksaGoddess: Became the lesbian answer to this trope when she married LGBT activist, Lauren Blitzer, in a Jewish/Christian ceremony



* TheUnreveal: When it was announced that someone in country music was going to admit they were gay, it caused something of a stir (country fans being very conservative.) When it was revealed it was Chely Wright, the response quickly shifted to "Who?!"
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* HotTeacher: Played this in ''MaxKeeblesBigMove''

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* HotTeacher: Played this in ''MaxKeeblesBigMove''''Film/MaxKeeblesBigMove''
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* BreakUpSong: "Shut Up and Drive" is about a woman escaping a relationship, telling herself to "shut up and drive", "don't look in the mirror", and "turn the radio on".
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* WriterRevolt: Wright's record company apparently disliked the gloominess of one of her recent albums, and requested that she write "something positive and hopeful". And [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJZHDBS6lS0 so she did]].

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* WriterRevolt: Wright's record company apparently disliked the gloominess of one of her recent albums, and requested that she write "something positive and hopeful". And [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJZHDBS6lS0 so she did]].
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* LipstickLesbian



* OneHitWonder: "Single White Female" was her only major hit.
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You want to see the light --

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* LoveEpiphany: Turned on its head in "I Already Do". The singer's already had hers, but the object of her affection thinks she hasn't.
-->I gave you my heart\\
Can't you feel the power?\\
You want to see the light --
Baby, the sun's been up for hours!

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Chely Wright is a CountryMusic singer. She is known primarily for her hit "Single White Female" and pretty much [[OneHitWonder nothing else]]. Far after this hit, Wright was the subject of much controversy in the fandom for coming out as a lesbian. Keep in mind that country music is one of the most conservative genres...

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Chely Wright is a CountryMusic singer. She is known primarily for her hit "Single White Female" and pretty much [[OneHitWonder nothing else]]. Far after this hit, Wright was the subject of much controversy in the Country and Western fandom -who are by and large a pretty conservative bunch- for coming out as a lesbian. Keep in mind that country music is one of the most conservative genres...lesbian.
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* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: {{Invoked}} by ''Emma Jean`s Guitar'': "She only needed three chords to play those good ol` country songs". The song itself, however, is NotAnExample.

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* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: {{Invoked}} {{Discussed}} by ''Emma Jean`s Guitar'': "She only needed three chords to play those good ol` country songs". The song itself, however, is NotAnExample.
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* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: {{Invoked}} by ''Emma Jean`s Guitar'': "She only needed three chords to play those good ol` country songs". The song itself, however, is NotAnExample.

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* HelloNurse: Played this in ''MaxKeeblesBigMove''
* HotTeacher: Ditto

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* HelloNurse: Played this in MaxKeeble'sBigMove

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* HelloNurse/HotTeacher: Played both roles in MaxKeeble'sBigMove

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* HelloNurse/HotTeacher: Played both roles in MaxKeeble'sBigMove


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* ShiksaGoddess: Became the lesbian answer to this trope when she married LGBT activist, Lauren Blitzer, in a Jewish/Christian ceremony

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