"She Got the Goldmine" is the title of a song written by Tim DuBois

Tim DuBois

Tim DuBois is a Nashville-based music executive. He attended Oklahoma State University and received a B.A. and M.A. in Accounting. He then entered into the music business and has taken part in multiple aspects of the industry including songwriting, record labels, management, and production...

 and recorded by American country music singer Jerry Reed

Jerry Reed

Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, innovative guitarist, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films...

. It was released in June 1982 as the third and final single from the album, The Man with the Golden Thumb. A satire on divorce

Divorce

Divorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties...

, the song became Reed's third and final No. 1 country hit in the late summer of 1982, and one of his signature tunes.

Content

The song is a tongue-in-cheek reflection on the recent divorce of a blue-collar worker, that role being filled by the song's main protagonist. Here, the man comments about how his marriage used to have some good memories, but the lust faded from their relationship. He then admits he wasn't surprised to come home one day to learn his wife had kicked him out of their marital home (by leaving a suitcase on the porch). She also had changed the locks to the house's exterior doors, and taped a goodbye note to the mailbox; the note states, "Goodbye, turkey! My 'torney [attorney] will be in touch."

The protagonist concedes defeat, agreeing to give her "her fair share," only to learn her "fair share" is much more than he expected. The divorce settlement — as explained in the second verse — gives his now ex-wife "the color television set, the house, the kids and both of the cars." There is also the lament about how paying child support, alimony and court costs "add up to more than this cowboy makes," and that while "she's livin' like a queen on alimony, I'm workin' two shifts eatin' baloney."

The ending to the song includes the remark, "Contempt of court?" — also heard in the fade out to Reed's "When You're Hot, You're Hot." Both songs end with Reed (as the main protagonist) facing a judge and attempting to get out of a criminal charge or other court-ordered commitment; in "She Got the Goldmine," the "contempt of court" statement follows an attempted joke to the judge about food stamps.

Chart performance

"She Got the Goldmine" spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart in September 1982, and spent a total of twelve weeks on that chart's Top 40.

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	57
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3

Popular Culture

"She Got The Goldmine" was used in the 2010 film The Bounty Hunter

The Bounty Hunter (2010 film)

The Bounty Hunter is a 2010 American action comedy film directed by Andy Tennant, starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. The story centers on a bounty hunter hired to retrieve his ex-wife who has skipped bail...

, during the scene where Milo searches Nicole's apartment.