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Taking the Long Way by The Chicks
Taking the Long Way is an album by The Chicks, released in 2006. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 8 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Not Ready To Make Nice”, on 6 lists with a best position of #59.
Taking the Long Way, the seventh studio album from the Chicks, then still the Dixie Chicks, came out on Columbia Nashville on May 23, 2006, and it's the sound of a band refusing to apologize. In 2003, on stage in London, they had criticized President George W. Bush and the looming Iraq War, and the backlash hurt sales of their album Home. Natalie Maines and sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison (now Strayer) answered with this record, with Rick Rubin in the producer's chair.
Maines sings like she has nothing left to lose, and Maguire's fiddle and Robison's banjo are still woven through the songs. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, sold more than 2.5 million copies in the US, and swept the Grammys in February 2007 with five awards, Album, Record and Song of the Year among them. It was the last album under the old name before a long hiatus.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Taking the Long Way on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not Ready To Make Nice | 6 | #59 | – | 2013–2025 | |
| 2 | The Long Way Around | 2 | #749 | – | 2009–2010 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.