The Mona Lisa (song)

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The Mona Lisa (song)

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"The Mona Lisa"

Single by Brad Paisley

from the album Wheelhouse

Released

December 9, 2013

Genre

Country

Length

3:54 (album version)
3:25 (radio edit)

Label

Arista Nashville

Songwriter(s)

Brad Paisley
Chris DuBois

Producer(s)

Brad Paisley

Brad Paisley singles chronology

"I Can't Change the World"
(2013)

"The Mona Lisa"
(2013)

"River Bank"
(2014)

"The Mona Lisa" is a song recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released in December 2013 as the fourth and final single from his ninth studio album, Wheelhouse.^[1] Paisley wrote the song with Chris DuBois.^[1] While rarely played during his American concert tours, the song has been adopted by UK country fans, who will often form a conga line (dubbed the 'Mona Conga') when the song is played at country music club nights or other public events, including Paisley's own concerts, where the song has become a staple of the setlist at his European shows.

Background

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Although the song was inspired by Paisley's viewing of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, Mona Lisa, in the Louvre museum in Paris, Paisley has said that the singularly exciting element of the song came courtesy of his fans. Paisley recalls that "in the big refrain to 'The Mona Lisa', there are actually 10,000 people recorded live in Saratoga Springs, New York. In concert, I said, 'who wants to be on the new album?' and what you hear at the end of the song is the audience singing the whoas".^[2]

Critical reception

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Alanna Conaway of Country Weekly gave the song an A−, writing that "between the well-crafted lyric, infectious melody and signature guitar riffs, 'The Mona Lisa' has full potential to be yet another chart-topping release for Brad."^[3] The song received a favorable review from Taste of Country, which said that "the singer again shows that his songwriting skills are only bested by his guitar playing."^[4]

Chart performance

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"The Mona Lisa" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Country Airplay chart for the week of December 7, 2013. It also debuted at number 47 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of January 4, 2014. It also debuted at number 19 on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart for the week of February 15, 2014. While in the U.S. 'The Mona Lisa' was one of the less successful of Paisley's singles, it entered the UK Singles Chart at #100 on week ending March 22, 2014, becoming Paisley's first UK top 100 single.

Chart (2013–2014)	Peak position
Canada Country (Billboard)^[5]	38
UK Singles (OCC)^[6]	100
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)^[7]	5
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[8]	19
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[9]	24

Year-end charts

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Chart (2014)	Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[10]	81
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[11]	99

References

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^ ^a ^b Conaway, Alanna (November 25, 2013). "Brad Paisley to Release New Single "The Mona Lisa" on December 9". Roughstock. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^ "Brad Paisley's New Single, "The Mona Lisa," to Impact Country Radio on December 9 | Brad Paisley". Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
^ Conaway, Alanna (January 3, 2014). ""The Mona Lisa" by Brad Paisley". Country Weekly. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^ "Brad Paisley, 'The Mona Lisa' [Listen]". Taste of Country. November 22, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^ "Brad Paisley Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ "Brad Paisley Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Brad Paisley Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard.
^ "Brad Paisley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Billboard Country Update for December 15, 2014" (PDF). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 15, 2014. p. 17. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
^ "Best of 2014: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.

v t e Brad Paisley singles
Who Needs Pictures	"Who Needs Pictures" "He Didn't Have to Be" "Me Neither" "We Danced"
Part II	"Two People Fell in Love" "Wrapped Around" "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" "I Wish You'd Stay"
Mud on the Tires	"Celebrity" "Little Moments" "Whiskey Lullaby" "Mud on the Tires"
Time Well Wasted	"Alcohol" "When I Get Where I'm Going" "The World" "She's Everything"
5th Gear	"Ticks" "Online" "Letter to Me" "I'm Still a Guy" "Waitin' on a Woman"
Play	"Start a Band"
American Saturday Night	"Then" "Welcome to the Future" "American Saturday Night" "Water"
Hits Alive	"Anything Like Me"
This Is Country Music	"This Is Country Music" "Old Alabama" "Remind Me" "Camouflage"
Wheelhouse	"Southern Comfort Zone" "Beat This Summer" "I Can't Change the World" "The Mona Lisa"
Moonshine in the Trunk	"River Bank" "Perfect Storm" "Crushin' It" "Country Nation"
Love and War	"Today" "Last Time for Everything" "Heaven South"
Son of the Mountains	"The Medicine Will"/"Son of the Mountains"
Non-album and featured singles	"Without a Fight" "Bucked Off" "No I in Beer" "Freedom Was a Highway" "Forever Country"
Other songs	"Accidental Racist" "Is It Raining at Your House" "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive"

v t e Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa
Lisa del Giocondo (subject)
Replicas	Isleworth Mona Lisa (16th century) Mona Lisa (Prado, c. 1503–1516) Hermitage Mona Lisa (c. 1550) L.H.O.O.Q. (1919) Mini Lisa (2013)
Related	Replicas and reinterpretations Speculations Male Mona Lisa theories Two–Mona Lisa theory Timeline of fictional stories about the Mona Lisa La Joconde nue
1911 theft	Eduardo de Valfierno Yves Chaudron Vincenzo Peruggia
On screen	The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931) Arsène Lupin (1932) The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966) City of Death (1979) Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase (1992) Mona Lisa's Revenge (2009) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
Music	Mona Lisa (1915 opera) "Mona Lisa" (1950 song) "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile" (1984 song) "Lisa Mona Lisa" (1988 song) "The Ballad of Mona Lisa" (2011 song) "The Mona Lisa" (2013 song) In Search of Mona Lisa (2019 EP)
Literature	The Second Mrs. Giaconda (1975) I, Mona Lisa (2006) The Smile (2008)

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