"Cold Day in July" was recorded by Suzy Bogguss and Joy Lynn White in the early 1990s. White's version scraped the bottom of the country charts in 1993.
"Some Days You Gotta Dance" was first recorded by The Ranch, a short-lived band fronted by one Keith Urban. In a strange zig-zagging, Urban played guitar on the Chicks' version.
Occurs with all four singles from Home: "Long Time Gone," "Landslide," "Travelin' Soldier" and "Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)" were first recorded by Fleetwood Mac, Darrell Scott, Bruce Robison and Radney Foster, respectively. Ty England also recorded "Travelin' Soldier" before the Chicks got to it.
Germans Love David Hasselhoff: After Maines's controversial statements, the best way to sum up what happened is "Country music fans hate them, but everyone else started liking them," (Country music is notoriously patriotic, but the rest of America was a little more critical of the decision to go to war.) However, as opinion on both the War and President Bush began to go sour, it seemed to become more like a large Periphery Demographic.
Magnum Opus: While Wide Open Spaces and Fly have strong critical acclaim, Home is considered one of the best country albums of the 2000s by critics and country music fans alike.
Tear Jerker: "Travelin' Soldier." A little girl befriends a soldier who goes off to Vietnam and dies. When they announce his death during a football game, she's the only one crying. It's a lot sadder than it sounds.
Think that's bad? You should follow that up with "Top Of The World". There's rumors that said that this song caused major depression in some people.
Vindicated by History: While Home was strongly received by many publications and sold outstandingly well, many critics were simply not moved by the change of direction from the album. It would take until the end of the decade for these publications to acknowledge the album's greatness.