Baggage Claim
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{{Infobox song
| name = Baggage Claim
| cover = BaggageClaim.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Miranda Lambert
| album = Four the Record
| released = 22 August 2011
| recorded = 2011
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:18
| label = Columbia Nashville
RCA Nashville
| writer = Natalie Hemby
Luke Laird
Miranda Lambert
| producer = Frank Liddell
Glenn Worf
| prev_title = Heart Like Mine
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Over You
| next_year = 2012
}}
"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.{{cite magazine|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/08/09/miranda-lambert-baggage-claim-new-single/|title=Miranda Lambert releases 'Baggage Claim', the first single off 'Four the Record': Listen to it here!|last=Smith|first=Grady|date=9 August 2011|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=10 August 2011|archive-date=27 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627101907/http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/08/09/miranda-lambert-baggage-claim-new-single/|url-status=live}}
The song features a backing vocal from Josh Kelley.{{cite web|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=5622|title=Lambert claims person record|date=9 August 2011|work=Country Standard Time|accessdate=10 August 2011|archive-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801000849/http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=5622|url-status=live}}
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."{{cite web
|url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/miranda-lambert-baggage-claim
|title=Miranda Lambert – Baggage Claim
|author=Bobby Peacock
|date=1 August 2011
|publisher=Roughstock
|accessdate=9 August 2011
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204102832/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/miranda-lambert-baggage-claim
|archivedate=4 December 2011
}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/miranda-lambert-baggage-claim/|title=Miranda Lambert, 'Baggage Claim' – Song Review|author=Billy Dukes|date=August 2011|publisher=Taste of Country|accessdate=9 August 2011|archive-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731232140/http://tasteofcountry.com/miranda-lambert-baggage-claim/|url-status=live}}
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.
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!align="left"|Chart (2011–2012) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|3|artist=Miranda Lambert|artistid=639125|accessdate=26 August 2011}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|44|artist=Miranda Lambert|artistid=639125|accessdate=26 August 2011}} |
| {{singlechart|Canada|74|artist=Miranda Lambert|artistid=639125|accessdate=28 September 2011}} |
=Year-end charts=
References
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{{Miranda Lambert singles}}
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Category:Miranda Lambert songs
Category:Songs written by Miranda Lambert
Category:Songs written by Luke Laird
Category:Columbia Nashville Records singles
Category:RCA Records Nashville singles