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33. Goodbye Earl
Source: The Chicks
Villain: Earl
Nominator: Bane_of_Despair (2 remaining)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7gNf_9njs

Villainy: 6
Characterization: 7
Melody: 7
Total: 20/30

"Well, she finally got the nerve to file for divorce / She let the law take it from there / But Earl walked right through that restraining order / And put her in intensive care"

Fun little find from the Wikipedia article:
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Ya know, I wasn't really expecting The Chicks to have such a major comeback a few years back, but I'm very glad it happened, as it got me to check out their stuff. I did listen to them much in late 90s/early 00s, as I wasn't really into country (still not really) and I was too young at the time to really notice their political impact, which looking back was pretty badass. Gaslighter was their first full album I listened through, largely because the title track came on the radio and was an absolute bop.

Best part of the song is easily Natalie Maine's gradually more and more exaggerated pronunciation of Earrrrrrrl.

Kind of like with no body, no crime, it's difficult to rank this one for difficulty, less so because there's mystery about what he did, but moreso because the song is 90% about killing Earl and 10% about what he did to deserve it (and yeah, he kinda did). He was an abusive asshole, but the main characterization of him comes from the story of Mary Anne and Wanda as they're killing him, hiding his body, lying to the police and moving on with their lives. Overall one of the more fun murder ballads out there.