He ended up enlisting edgy country artist Allison Moorer for an alternate version of the track that stretched out a bit longer and included not only a more genuinely country vocal performance, but also a different guitar solo. That version was released to radio, but stations across the country began playing the album version with Crow without permission, and Crow appeared alongside Kid Rock in the official video for the song on a version of "Picture" that was a more mainstream blend of country and rock elements.
That's just one of the stories Taste of County covers in a recent episode of the video series The Secret History of Country Music dedicated to "Picture. More importantly, Rock had a bad track record with radio-friendly language. Rock's affinity for the F-word and controversial subject matter spanned the tracklists of all of his previous albums, which included songs such as "B--ls in Your Mouth," "F--k Off" and "F--k That. Crow's record label opposed her collaboration with Rock, and so they blocked him from releasing the version of "Picture" that featured Crow as a single.
Tweet 0. Smiley Morning Show. View this post on Instagram. You may also like. Latest Stories. Subscribe to our newsletter now! The fourth and final single off the album, "Picture" was a huge success, but it's easy to see why Crow's label didn't originally want the song to come out: At the time, Rock had a reputation as a loose cannon and a bad track record with radio-friendly language.
It became Cocky 's lowest-charting song, coming it at. Fun fact: Hank Williams, Jr. By that time, Rock's affinity for F-bombs shouldn't have been a surprise to anyone, though.
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