Right to Be Wrong

"Right to Be Wrong"
Single by Joss Stone
from the album Mind Body & Soul
B-side	"The Player"
Released	29 November 2004 (see release history)
Format	CD single digital download 7" single
Recorded	Chung King Studios Mojo Studios Right Track Recording (New York City, New York) The Hit Factory Criteria (Miami, Florida)
Genre	Blues soft rock
Length	4:40 (album version) 4:00 (radio edit)
Label	Relentless
Writer(s)	Joss Stone Desmond Child Betty Wright
Producer(s)	Mike Mangini Steve Greenberg Betty Wright
Joss Stone singles chronology
"You Had Me" (2004) "Right to Be Wrong" (2004) "Spoiled" (2005)

"Right to Be Wrong" is a song by English singer and songwriter Joss Stone from her second studio album, Mind Body & Soul (2004). Written by Stone, Desmond Child and Betty Wright, the track was released in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2004 as the album's second single. It peaked at number twenty-nine on the UK Singles Chart, where it stayed for six weeks. It was later included on the 2011 compilation album The Best of Joss Stone 2003–2009. The song was covered in Spanish by Mexican rock singer Alejandra Guzmán on her 2004 album Lipstick, retitled "Tengo Derecho a Estar Mal" (meaning "I've Got the Right to Be Wrong").

Stone performed a folk version of the song when she made a cameo appearance as herself in the third season of the American series American Dreams, in the episode "Starting Over", which aired on 30 January 2005.

The song was included on the international soundtrack of the Brazilian soap opera Como uma Onda.

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly's David Browne says that "Right to Be Wrong, [is] a weirdly defensive song given Stone's out-of-the-gate success".^[1] Yahoo's Music's Dan Gennoe called it "late night smoulder".^[2]

Track listings

UK CD 1

1. "Right to Be Wrong" – 4:40
2. "Jet Lag" (Acoustic Live Performance from Sessions@AOL) – 4:25

UK CD 2

1. "Right to Be Wrong" – 4:40
2. "The Player" – 4:41
3. "Don't Know How" (Acoustic Live Performance from Sessions@AOL) – 4:01

UK 7" single

A. "Right to Be Wrong" – 4:40

B. "Jet Lag" (Acoustic Live Performance from Sessions@AOL) – 4:25

UK and US promo single

1. "Right to Be Wrong" (Radio Edit) – 3:59

Personnel

Musicians Joss Stone – lead vocals, backing vocals AJ Nilo – guitar Jack Daley – bass Cindy Blackman – drums Benny Latimore – piano Raymond Angry – Hammond organ Tom "Bones" Malone – flugelhorn Angelo Morris – Fender Rhodes Betty Wright – backing vocals Bombshell – backing vocals

Production Mike Mangini – producer, mixing Steve Greenberg – producer Betty Wright – producer Steve Greenwell – engineer, mixing

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart[3]	29
Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[4]	66
Belgian Tip Chart (Flanders)[5]	2
Belgian Tip Chart (Wallonia)[5]	16
Dutch Top 40[3]	14
Italian Singles Chart	30
Swiss Singles Chart[3]	46
US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks[6]	27

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	29 November 2004	CD single[7]	Relentless
		7" single[8]

References

1. "Music Review: Mind, Body & Soul, by Joss Stone". Entertainment Weekly. 1 October 2004.
2. http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/041012/33/1x88x.html
3. "Joss Stone – Right To Be Wrong – Music Charts". αCharts.us. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
4. "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 28 March 2005" (PDF) (787). 20 April 2005. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
5. "ultratop.be – Joss Stone – Right To Be Wrong". Ultratop (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 November 2008.
6. "Joss Stone Album & Song Chart History – Adult Pop Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
7. "Right to Be Wrong (CD 1): Joss Stone: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
8. "Right to Be Wrong (7" vinyl): Joss Stone: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2009.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics