2017Released
3:28

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Interesting facts and trivia about Rich. By Songfacts®.

This song finds Maren Morris singing about a relationship with an unreliable guy. He makes promise after promise but never ever keeps them. The tune takes its title from the popular maxim, "If I had a dollar every time…"

The chorus of "Rich" ends with an expletive from Morris. (Naturally, the radio version is edited). The singer told Rolling Stone Country that she is simply being true to herself: "I just try to write how I would say it. I'm only shooting myself in the foot if I write it in a way where I wouldn't speak like that. I don't get this whole glossing over fun little tidbits of people's personalities. That's not how we talk … But it's also just fun to throw in colorful language, whether it's a cuss word or not. I want people to listen to this and feel like it's their friend saying it to them."

Morris co-wrote the song with Laura Veltz and Jessie Jo Dillon. The singer explained to Rolling Stone that she has always been attracted to songwriters who have the knack of telling it like it is. "That's what I've always gravitated toward. If you listen to a John Prine song or a Johnny Cash song, everything is said poetically. But it's not trying to be poetic - it's actually very plainly stated. But you connect to it and it's beautiful," she said. "I appreciate the art of saying it like it is."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Rich.
FKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
75BPM

Album

The album Rich is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Rich.
Columbia Nashville
(P) 2016 Sony Music Entertainment

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