Baggage Claim

"Baggage Claim"
"Baggage Claim"
Single by Miranda Lambert
from the album Four the Record
Released	22 August 2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	Country
Length	3:18
Label	Columbia Nashville; RCA Nashville
Songwriters	Natalie Hemby; Luke Laird; Miranda Lambert
Producers	Frank Liddell; Glenn Worf
Miranda Lambert singles chronology

"Baggage Claim" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. It was released in August 2011 as the lead single from her album Four the Record. It was written by Lambert, with Natalie Hemby and Luke Laird.

Content

Its lyric is a play on the term "emotional baggage," comparing them to the baggage that an unfaithful man is picking up at an airport baggage claim.^[1]

The song features a backing vocal from Josh Kelley.^[2]

Critical reception

The song received mixed reviews from music critics. Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave the song 4½ stars out of 5, calling it "an exercise in attitude done right." He praised the song's production and the "clever use of emotional "baggage" as a play on words for the baggage that her man's being sent off with."^[3] Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave it 2 out of 5 stars, finding fault in the song's use of baggage claim as a metaphor and unfavorably comparing the song to something Carrie Underwood might record.^[4]

Music video

A live performance of "Baggage Claim" on the 2011 CMA Awards on 9 November 2011 served as the song's music video.

Chart performance

"Baggage Claim" debuted at number 33 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending 20 August 2011. It also debuted at number 67 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of 27 August 2011, and at number 92 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart for the week of 8 October 2011.

Chart (2011–2012)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	3
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	44
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[7]	74

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[8]	45

Chart (2012)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[9]	81

References

^ Smith, Grady (9 August 2011). "Miranda Lambert releases 'Baggage Claim', the first single off 'Four the Record': Listen to it here!". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
^ "Lambert claims person record". Country Standard Time. 9 August 2011. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
^ Bobby Peacock (1 August 2011). "Miranda Lambert – Baggage Claim". Roughstock. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
^ Billy Dukes (August 2011). "Miranda Lambert, 'Baggage Claim' – Song Review". Taste of Country. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
^ "Miranda Lambert Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^ "Miranda Lambert Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^ "Miranda Lambert Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
^ "Best of 2011: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2011. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
^ "Best of 2012: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2012. Archived from the original on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

[1] Smith, Grady (9 August 2011). "Miranda Lambert releases 'Baggage Claim', the first single off 'Four the Record': Listen to it here!". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2011.

[cst-2] "Lambert claims person record". Country Standard Time. 9 August 2011. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2011.

[3] Bobby Peacock (1 August 2011). "Miranda Lambert – Baggage Claim". Roughstock. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.

[4] Billy Dukes (August 2011). "Miranda Lambert, 'Baggage Claim' – Song Review". Taste of Country. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2011.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Miranda_Lambert-5] "Miranda Lambert Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Miranda_Lambert-6] "Miranda Lambert Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

[sc_Canada_Miranda_Lambert-7] "Miranda Lambert Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[8] "Best of 2011: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2011. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

[9] "Best of 2012: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2012. Archived from the original on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

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v t e Miranda Lambert singles
Kerosene	"Me and Charlie Talking" "Bring Me Down" "Kerosene" "New Strings"
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	"Famous in a Small Town" "Gunpowder & Lead" "More Like Her"
Revolution	"Dead Flowers" "White Liar" "The House That Built Me" "Only Prettier" "Heart Like Mine"
Four the Record	"Baggage Claim" "Over You" "Fastest Girl in Town" "Mama's Broken Heart" "All Kinds of Kinds"
Platinum	"Automatic" "Somethin' Bad" "Little Red Wagon" "Smokin' and Drinkin'"
The Weight of These Wings	"Vice" "We Should Be Friends" "Tin Man"
Wildcard	"It All Comes Out in the Wash" "Bluebird" "Settling Down"
Palomino	"If I Was a Cowboy"
Postcards from Texas	"Wranglers" "Run"
Other singles	"Forever Country" "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" "Space in My Heart" "A Song to Sing"
Featured singles	"Coal Miner's Daughter" "Boys 'Round Here" "We Were Us" "Drowns the Whiskey"

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