"What Part of No" is a song recorded by American country music artist Lorrie Morgan. A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Loretta Lynn Lorrie Morgan (born on June 27, 1959 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American country music singer. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... Hot Country Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ... Loretta Lynn Lorrie Morgan (born on June 27, 1959 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American country music singer. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Loretta Lynn Lorrie Morgan (born on June 27, 1959 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American country music singer. ...

"What Part of No" was included on Morgan's album Watch Me, as well as on her 1995 greatest-hits album. She performed the song on the live telecast of the 11th annual Music City News Country Songwriters Awards.^[1] Watch Me topped out at #15 on the Billboard country albums chart, and includes such single hits as the #2 title song Watch Me, the #1 chart-topper What Part of No, the #14 I Guess You Had to Be There, and the #8 Half Enough. ...

The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on February 27, 1993, where it stayed for three weeks; to date, it is her biggest hit. Hot Country Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ...

The song has also been recorded by pop singer Deborah Gibson. For popular forms of music in general, see Popular music. ... Deborah Ann Debbie Gibson (born August 31, 1970), is an American singer-songwriter who was popular in her youth. ...

Story

A woman in a social setting is approached repeatedly by a persistent man who sends her a rose, then buys her a drink and asks her to dance. The woman, uninterested in the man despite his advances, finally asks "What part of 'no' don't you understand?"

Analyses

The writer Sandy Carter cites "What Part of No" in an article on the politics of country music, giving it as an example of his argument, "Most significantly, the commercial appeal of the current generation of country women seems directly linked to a feminist oriented lyric." He argues that this song, together with Morgan's other hits "Watch Me" and "Five Minutes," sends a message that the singer "takes clear control of her relationships" and then discusses similar trends in songs by other artists.^[2] The song is also mentioned in the introduction to a legal article, "What Part of ‘No’ Don’t You Understand?", as "forcefully relat[ing] the anguish of a victim of sexual harassment." ^[3] The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. ...

Notes

1. ^ Music City News Country Songwriters Awards
2. ^ Sandy Carter, "Wild And Blue: The Politics Of Country," Z Magazine, September 1994
3. ^ William D. Evans Jr. "What Part of ‘No’ Don’t You Understand?: Recent Developments in Workplace Sexual Harassment Law," Tennessee Bar Journal, Vol. 36, No. 5, May 2000

External links

• Lyrics for "What Part of No" at Cowboy Lyrics
• What Part of No at The Phrase Finder