Song · Jo Dee Messina
“Heads Carolina, Tails California” by Jo Dee Messina
From the album Jo Dee Messina (1996)
“Heads Carolina, Tails California” by Jo Dee Messina appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2010. It was first released in 1996 on the album Jo Dee Messina. Its best result is #528 on the WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010).
Jo Dee Messina came out of the gate with "Heads Carolina, Tails California", her debut single in January 1996 and the opening shot from her self-titled first album on Curb. Tim Nichols and Mark D. Sanders wrote it, Byron Gallimore and Tim McGraw produced it, and the title flips a coin between two coasts, which is half the sales pitch right there.
It went top 10 on the country charts in both the US and Canada, then got a second wind decades on: in 2022 Cole Swindell built his number-one hit "She Had Me at Heads Carolina" on it, and the revival carried Messina's original all the way to a platinum certification. Her next single was "You're Not in Kansas Anymore".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 528 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
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