Kim Richey - Just My Luck

Music video by Kim Richey performing Just My Luck. (C) 1995 Mercury Records

[@shoelessjoe14]

Why isn't she a household name? She writes great songs, has an awesome voice. She has it all.

[@sharondvocs]

She is in my household! 😁

[@anti-hyperv4797]

I think she looked so much like Trisha Yearwood, they went out and bought Trish's record, then played it at home and said "what the fuck is this?"

[@kevinhesspschamp8889]

@@anti-hyperv4797 she was her back up singer

[@vincentboyle3032]

Remember listening to this heading out of Wellsboro Pa. back when it came out, got to see Kim in concert later that year, still love everything she did and does, back when Country actually was great, there is hope, some new artists out there are keeping the tradition alive.

[@bprife]

I never got this CD from a regular store when it came out I’ve always wanted it but several years ago I found it at a Goodwill store and got it then and it’s a wonderful album this country station I used to listen to the syndicated broadcast called America’s best country did an album review on Saturday nightsand this was one of them what a great singer I wish she had had more popular hits on the radio considering she had a few albums out😊

[@1lovesgreatness]

Who else is bumping this awesome country song from 1995 in 2023?!

[@walterfisher5749]

25 years later, Still love this song. And Kim. She's an amazing, underappreciated writer and artist. Her voice is amazing.

[@wilburscott]

Her first two albums were pretty damn awesome! This song sold me on her!

[@correctconnectable]

wilburscott I'm not a big country fan but my dad used to play this album in the regular rotation and I loved it. great tunes, great memories.

[@gogreen1951]

This song sold me on her also. She's underrated unfortunately. I think she's great!!

[@livelaughandlovelong]

Her first two albums were her best IMO. Her writing is top shelf and she is a phenomenal live performer. I have had the please of seeing her many times.

[@sarahstacy81]

A great singer and a song who Nashville never got. She had the misfortune of coming out the same time as Shania Twain.

[@tgramful]

I did not know that Shania Twain was gay...

[@johannarataj8397]

@@tgramful She is not gay.

[@johannarataj8397]

What?

[@andyinoregon]

I've had her '95 debut CD playing in my car stereo for weeks now. Sounds better with each passing year. Great production by guitarist Richard Bennett.

[@bayana12]

This lady just doesn't have a bad song!

[@danalewis5670]

I got to hear this on the radio when it came out in 1995. I was 13 and addicted to country radio before it turned to garbage. Only heard it once, they never played it again because Shania and all those generic cookie cutter tarts hit the scene shortly thereafter, but Ms. Richey had herself a loyal fan from the start with this one. You rock, my lady, you simply rock!

[@wvVol]

The organ in this song just slays me...

[@EchosLens]

Same here! This is a first; seeing that someone else noticed it too.

[@TheLostSingles]

A truly under-rated performer. I really like many of her songs. This one is great!

[@EchosLens]

I first encountered this song while two -stepping! It's very danceable.

[@AJBluesman]

Kim Richey Rocks !!

[@DrMarcusKane]

EPIC WIN. Kim is awesome. Lovely person as well when you meet her in real life.

[@twestcase]

Been loving Kim’ music since about 1993. My daughters grew up dancing to her CDs in the living room...while I was trying to play guitar. (Still trying 🙂)

[@Mrch33ky]

Keep trying! :)

[@rick3747]

Thank you Kim! Your debut disc and Jude Cole's "Start The Car" helped me break free of a very long toxic relationship. It was a very difficult decision and impact on my soul and life. I played both for a long time in my work vehicle and at home back in 1995/96/97. BTW.......I still have all your discs and Jude Cole's in my beloved Pioneer multi-disc player from the 1990s (which works as well today as it did in 1996). ❤

[@garybeauchamp3623]

I discovered her music by accident at a Barnes & Noble store when they provided earphones to sample music. I had never heard of her but bought the CD this song was on and I became a huge fan of her music.

[@morganvachon]

I don't like pop country at all, but I've always loved her sound. It's got that folk feel to it that is in a lot of local bands here in Atlanta. And most "die hard" country fans around here who dismiss her don't even realize she wrote some of the biggest hits they listen to all the time.

[@mattbingham2856]

this is not pop country!

[@morganvachon]

@@mattbingham2856 Wow...8 years later, a wild comment appears. According to Kim herself it is pop country, mainstream artists are who she mostly wrote for back then. But the definition of "pop country" has changed over the 30+ years she's been writing so by today's standards you're right. And for the record, I didn't intend it as a slight when I called it "pop" back then, merely an observation. Her music is timeless and holds up today, as all good music is and does.

[@ritchiecross7141]

Love her name, the song & Manhattan. I'm a born & raised Manhattanite & I've been exiled from it for years. LOVE the shots of 23rd & 25th Streets & the Flatiron building, & Houston street. (Sigh.)

[@nikkisues72]

I used to love singing this with my sisters.

[@thomasmajewski8360]

An extremely underrated performer. She has a lot of great songs.

[@paultaylor731]

Saw Kim in Bury St Edmunds a couple of months ago. She was absolutely brilliant. Listened to her continually ever since. Fantastic.

[@dreamwell2020]

Let's petend that Kim's young again. Can she be a big star this time?

[@janetlarsen8072]

Still as fantastic as when it came out in 1995 when I was a kid!

[@TTGGrave]

Wow, I hadn't heard this in years. What a wonderful song this is.

[@Mellymoo1111]

Again this tour was great

[@stevenconrady1990]

I remember I was about 10 or 11 years old when this tune came out. At the same time, I was learning how to play guitar and I ended up figuring out the chords by ear.

[@justinmyslive4108]

Reminds me of the summer of 95. I just graduated from high school. I got a job driving a sweeper sweeping parking lots on the night shift. After loading up the sweeper and getting in the truck and heading to the next job this song came on the radio

[@MrGaretjaxx]

I have wondered that for years myself. When I was younger I really wish I would have watched her shows when she came to Chicago.

[@annieplante3081]

Always loved this song! I play it still on my radio show! All those years after! :)

[@teek1916]

That George Harrison lead makes me smile every time I hear it

[@EphemeralProductions]

always liked this song. from the era when country music still mostly sounded like country, and had catchy hits. For some reason though, I had got it in my mind that this was Mary Chapin Carpenter. LOL

[@jessiegutowski316]

Haven't heard this song in ages! Always liked it

[@Nummymuffincocobutter]

Tell me about it..Country music these days is all about flash and no substance like Swift...Even country radio doesn't play the old ones nor great artists like Richey or Matraca Berg..a disgrace.

[@tompaul2591]

Professor Firefly yep that's why I don't do country anymore. Kind of died in the early 90s for me. Rock is pretty much dead. Classic rock stations? A joke. Everything is chain restaurants, Wal-Mart and mega radio today.

[@errenkelly6019]

most contemporary music is style over substance. id rather youtube and pandora over the radio

[@EchosLens]

@@tompaul2591 I agree with you completely. I've been listening to contemporary bluegrass--seems to be the only source of good-to-great new tunes available.

[@alexkart3212]

AMAZING!!!! Thank you!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@kerthao5494]

Hi! KIM. how are you? This is my favorite song..

[@gaylelund9287]

I have a thousand cd but I all we now were her first one is one of my favorite.

[@Pier1Imports99]

Great song!

[@betteryearentertainment4004]

This is actually the first song I heard of Kim's that she actually sings, and it's not until today, December 2nd, 2021 that I do so? What the hell?

[@AJBluesman]

@shoelessjoe14 Absolutely Amazing Singer Out There ! Second Best To NONE !!!!

[@helendreyer5156]

Kim, great song so well done. Hits close to home; ty. What brand of guitar is that?

[@Dashriprock4]

Gretsch

[@helendreyer5156]

Jeff Williams thought that might be it. thanks.

[@fjzucco]

I wonder what city this is?

[@dponzi56]

NY, I think

[@DrMarcusKane]

Yes but Miley Cyrus does recognise talent, she loves Gretchen Peters now, especially the track THE MATADOR she tweeted about. You should check it out!!

[@PoetryHound]

Nice voice. Songwriting is rather formulaic.