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Not Ready to Make Nice" is a song co-written and performed by American country music trio Dixie Chicks. It was released on March 20, 2006, as the first single from the band's seventh studio album, Taking the Long Way. The Dixie Chicks wrote the song in response to the backlash they experienced in 2003 after criticizing President George W. Bush.
T he hit song “Not Ready to Make Nice” by The Chicks (formerly known as the Dixie Chicks) has been making the rounds on TikTok over the past couple of weeks after conservative users posted ...
Formerly known as the Dixie Chicks, the Chicks' newest album is a scathing expose of their personal lives that proves the trio are still not ready to make nice. Much of the album, titled ...
Simon Renshaw, the group's longtime manager, is the focus of many scenes as he attempts to guide the Chicks through the vicissitudes of the music industry. The title of the film is a lyric from the Dixie Chicks' 2006 post-controversy single "Not Ready to Make Nice" from the album Taking the Long Way.
In 2007, the Dixie Chicks won three Grammys for "Not Ready to Make Nice" and two Grammys for Taking the Long Way, receiving all five Grammys for which they were nominated. This was seen by some as vindication for the Dixie Chicks, who were shunned by country radio programmers after Maines's remarks about President Bush.
The Chicks had long explained that their name, which included that reference to the Civil War-era South, was inspired by the 1973 song "Dixie Chicken," by Little Feat.
The Dixie Chicks became the first female band in chart history to have three albums debut at No. 1. [61] Neither "Not Ready to Make Nice" or second single "Everybody Knows" reached top 35 on Hot Country Songs. In June 2006, Emily noted the lack of support from other country music performers: "A lot of artists cashed in on being against what we ...
The 2020 DNC appearance, then, marked a reclamation of sorts, even if it was in a convention environment that was not ready to make nice for Donald Trump and other Republicans.