Rumor Has It (Reba McEntire album)

Rumor Has It is the sixteenth studio album by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released on September 4, 1990, by MCA Records. The album continued her streak of success and features one of her signature songs, a cover of Bobbie Gentry's 1969 hit "Fancy", of which CMT ranked at No. 27 on its list of the 100 Greatest Country Songs in 2003.^[5] Additionally, they ranked the video at No. 35 on their list of 100 Greatest Country Videos. "Fancy" wasn't one of McEntire's larger radio hits, despite its acclaim. It peaked outside of the Top 5 at No. 8. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard country album chart and No. 39 on the Billboard 200, becoming her first album to enter the mainstream top 40. It was certified triple platinum by the RIAA. Rumor Has It was McEntire's first collaboration with record producer Tony Brown.

Rumor Has It
Studio album by Reba McEntire
Released	September 4, 1990
Recorded	April 2–15, 1990
Studio	Emerald Sound Studios and Masterfonics (Nashville, TN).
Genre	Country
Length	38:23
Label	MCA
Producer	Tony Brown Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire chronology
Reba Live (1989) Rumor Has It (1990) For My Broken Heart (1991)
Singles from Rumor Has It
"You Lie" Released: July 30, 1990 "Rumor Has It" Released: November 5, 1990 "Fancy" Released: February 11, 1991 "Fallin' Out of Love" Released: May 6, 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Calgary Herald	B[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]

The album also contained a TV theme song - though not the last TV theme song McEntire would record. The track "Climb That Mountain High" was featured in the opening credits of the early 1990s ABC sitcom, Delta starring Delta Burke, who played an aspiring country singer. McEntire also made a guest appearance on the short-lived sitcom.

Both "You Lie" and "Waitin' For the Deal to Go Down" were previously recorded by country singer Cee Cee Chapman on her 1988 album Twist of Fate,^[6] and the latter was covered in 1992 by the short-lived country music band Dixiana on their self-titled album. Their version was released as a single that year, peaking at #39 on the country charts.

The album debuted at #17 on the Billboard Top Country Albums for the week of September 29, 1990, and jumped to number 3 the next week then peaked at #2 the next week. The album stayed in the Top 10 for 26 weeks.

A 30th Anniversary Edition of the album was released on September 11, 2020, and includes two bonus tracks: a new remix of "Fancy" by Dave Audé and a live version of "Fancy" recorded at the Ryman Auditorium in 2020. The remix version was not included on the LP vinyl release of the 30th Anniversary Edition.

Singles

The album's lead single "You Lie" was released as on August 25, 1990. The song reached number one on the Hot Country Songs chart and on the Canada Country Tracks chart.^{[7] [8]}

"Rumor Has It" was released as the second single on November 26, 1990. It debuted at 42 on the Hot Country Songs chart the week of December 1, 1990, and eventually peaked at number three. ^[9] It peaked at number on the Canada Country Tracks chart. ^[10]

The third single "Fancy" was released on February 11, 1991. It peaked at number eight on both the Hot Country Songs and Canada Country Tracks charts. "Fancy" is certified double platinum and as of November 2019, has sold 760,000 digital copies in the United States.^[11] Rolling Stone ranked McEnitre's version of the song at #65 on their 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking in 2024.^[12]

The album's final single "Fallin' Out of Love" was released on May 6, 1991. "Fallin' Out of Love" peaked at number two on the Hot Country Songs chart and number one on the Canada Country Tracks chart,

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Climb That Mountain High"	Reba McEntire Don Schlitz	2:51
2.	"Rumor Has It"	Bruce Burch Vern Dant Larry Shell	3:48
3.	"Waitin' for the Deal to Go Down"	Bobby Fischer Austin Roberts Charles Black	3:14
4.	"You Lie"	Fischer Roberts Black	3:59
5.	"Now You Tell Me"	Donny Kees, Shawna Harrington-Burkhart	3:36
6.	"Fancy"	Bobbie Gentry	4:58
7.	"Fallin' Out of Love"	Jon Ims	4:34
8.	"This Picture"	S. Alan Taylor Lisa Palas	3:23
9.	"You Remember Me"	Jesse Winchester	4:23
10.	"That's All She Wrote"	Joe Schemay John Hobbs	3:24

Personnel

Vocals

Bob Bailey – backing vocals Kim Fleming – backing vocals Vince Gill – backing vocals Vicki Hampton – backing vocals Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals

Reba McEntire – lead and backing vocals Pamela Quillon – backing vocals Harry Stinson – backing vocals Paula Kaye Wallace – backing vocals Suzy Wills – backing vocals

Musicians

John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards Kirk Cappello – synthesizers Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, mandolin Dann Huff – electric guitar Steve Fishell – steel guitar Larrie Londin – drums Edgar Meyer – double bass Michael Rhodes – bass guitar Matt Rollings – keyboards

Production Milan Bogdan – digital editing Tony Brown – producer John Guess – recording, mixing, mastering Reba McEntire – producer Glenn Meadows – mastering Jessie Noble – project coordinator Marty Williams – second engineer

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1990) Peak position US Billboard 200[13] 39 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[14] 2

Year-end charts Chart (1990) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[15] 65 Chart (1991) Position US Billboard 200[16] 63 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[17] 4

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions[18]
		US Country[19]	CAN Country[20]
1990	"You Lie"	1	1
	"Rumor Has It"	3	1
1991	"Fancy"	8	8
	"Fallin' Out of Love"	2	1

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[21]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.