Country music superstar Reba McEntire sits down to see if she can remember lyrics from some of her biggest hits. She weighs in on 'I'm a Survivor' going viral on TikTok, her friendship with Dolly Parton and the song that she loves to close out her concerts with. She also shares memories from her TV show 'Reba' and teases a second season of 'Happy's Place.'
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00:00Oh, what is this? I don't know this song. It's coming to me. No.
00:12Okay, let's see. A single mom who works two jobs, who loves her kids and never stops.
00:20I'm a survivor.
00:22A single mom who works two jobs, who loves her kids and never stops.
00:27I'm a survivor is ageless. So I'm really not surprised that the new generation,
00:33they're loving the song. They're having fun on TikTok. I've done a couple with my donkeys.
00:43And that's what a great song is. It's relatable. It's timeless. When people can listen to it and
00:50go, oh, that's my song, or that's my mom's song, or I know my Aunt Jeannie's going to love that song.
00:56That's when you know it's a great song.
01:00Okay, next one is, I made myself the solemn vow that I was going to be a lady somehow,
01:06but I didn't know when or how. Fancy.
01:09I was going to be a lady someday, though I didn't know when or how.
01:13I love Fancy because it's a story song. It's very theatrical. And Fancy is the last show we sing
01:22on our concerts. So if we haven't done Fancy, the fans know not to go home. They won't leave until
01:27we do Fancy. Doug Sizemore, my musical director, said, you know what? If we did Fancy, the third
01:34song, and quit, I think everybody would be happy. I was like, well, I don't know about that, but
01:38that's how much they enjoy Fancy. At the CMA Awards show, several years ago, we had an idea
01:45to do a very drastic reveal. I not only came out in the coat with something underneath,
01:54I had something over that. So it was a one, two, three outfit performance. It was so nerve-wracking.
02:00We were all just sweating bullets. It worked. Thank you, Lord. It's an iconic video because back
02:08then in the day, you could do videos that were longer. I called them mini movies, and Fancy was
02:13one of the ones that was pretty long. And when I'm in his arms, oh, he swears there's no one else.
02:21He swears there's no one else. Who? What is this? Oh, he swears there's no one else. You lie? No.
02:30What is it? Consider me gone? No. Oh, does he love you? Oh my gosh, yes.
02:37When I'm in his arms, oh, he swears there's no one else.
02:44Does He Love You is a song that I fought for. Tony Brown was my producer, and he thought,
02:51I don't know about two women catfighting. I said, are you serious? So I got Linda Davis to sing it
02:56with me, and I've recorded it with different people, performed it with different people,
03:00and it is a song that keeps on giving. I also got to record Does He Love You with Dolly Parton.
03:05She is a dream come true, getting to work with her. I mean, she beats you there. That was so
03:12aggravating to me. I was going to be there, ready to go, shoot the first thing that we were going to
03:17do, and then Dolly would come in. Well, for some reason, the trailer I was going to use on set,
03:23the air conditioning broke down or something was wrong. And so I had to go by my office,
03:27get ready there, and then come to the set. Dolly was already there. I wanted to beat her there so bad
03:33to show her the hospitality, welcoming, and everything, but she's a sweetheart. She did the
03:37Reba TV show with me, came on an episode. When I lost my band in 91 to a plane crash, Dolly called me.
03:44She said, what do you need? You want my band? She sent Gary Smith, her band leader, to put a band
03:50together for me. She and Vince Gill were right there for me the whole time.
03:54When the icy wind blows through you, remember that it's me who feels the cold, most of all.
04:02When it blows through you, remember that it's me who... It's coming to me... No.
04:11Whoever's in New England, how can I do that? You know, it's when it's out of context, I get, yeah.
04:17When the icy wind blows through you, remember that it's me.
04:24Whoever's in New England was my first gold album. And I had just started working with Jimmy Bowen
04:29as my producer. And he sent his right-hand man, Don Lanier, who we call Dirt. I don't know why
04:36they nicknamed him that. But he'd send us out to publishing companies to look for songs. And Don and
04:42I were sitting there listening. And this song came on. And Don always wore a baseball cap. And his
04:48eyebrows disappeared. I got chills. My hair stood up on my arm. And I knew that was going to be a
04:54monster song. If I can tell young Reba something about what's going to happen, I would say, slow down.
05:03Enjoy every minute. It's going to be a blast. And you're going to laugh. You're going to cry.
05:08You're going to have your heart broken. Get back up. Dust yourself off. And go back at it.
05:14Because it's worth it. Okay. If you think you can do better than this, then I guess we're done.
05:20Consider me gone. Oh, yeah.
05:27You know, a funny thing my daddy used to always say, when he was in school, they'd go down to the
05:33playground and they'd have their marbles and they'd play. And he said, if anybody didn't want to
05:38play with me, he said, I just took my marbles and went somewhere else. That's the kind of way
05:42Consider Me Gone is. If you don't want me around, if you think you can do better than this, I'm out
05:47of here. I'm going to take my marbles and go somewhere else. Consider Me Gone. It's a very
05:52powerful song. And when I sing it on stage, I don't need to sing. The crowd, the women are so loud
05:59singing this song. It's their anthem. It's their Yes We Can. Okay. Well, now it seems so sad,
06:07everything he gave to us, took all he had. Greatest man I never knew.
06:18This was a song that at first I said I didn't want to record it because daddy was live. But I
06:23recorded it and it just kept making more and more sense. It fits so well. Because daddy never said
06:29he loved me. He didn't tell any of his kids. I don't know that I've ever heard him say that to
06:33mama. Except in 87, he was having triple bypass heart surgery. And I was there in the hospital
06:39with him. And the next morning I went in to see him. I said, daddy, I got to go. I got to hit the
06:45bus and we got to play Chattanooga tonight. We were in Tulsa. And he said, well, okay, I love you.
06:50And we all looked at each other. He said, yeah, it's the anesthesia. Hadn't worn off yet.
06:55Oh, he smiles that little crooked smile. There's no denying he's your child. What do you say?
07:03Is that right? No. What do you, he smiles that little crooked smile. There's no denying. What
07:07is it? Oh, that's right. Those two are recorded at the same time.
07:12He smiles that little crooked smile. There's no denying he's your child.
07:18This resonated so much with me because of my son, Shelby. And he takes after me in some way. And
07:24he takes after his dad in some way. And when I recorded it, I thought, man, this is for Shelby.
07:29Oh, he loved the attention. Absolutely. A song being dedicated to him. You bet.
07:36Everybody, here comes the life of the party. Going out like that.
07:42Here comes the life of the party. Going out like that is a really fun song to do on stage.
07:50Everybody gets into it. They, you know, I put the microphone out and they going out like that.
07:55And women love it.
08:00One time, one time our daughter gets pregnant and I never hear the end of it.
08:05There were so many great storylines that when you got through watching the show and you turn
08:21the TV off, go, wow. I laughed. I cried a little and I learned something. That's what I love so much
08:28about the Reba TV show. Just like Happy's Place. We always have a lot of fun, a lot of laughter,
08:34but there's always that point in the show that touches your heart. You go, aww. Sometimes you
08:39cry a little bit, but you turn the TV off going, ah, I feel better. Getting to do Happy's Place after
08:46it's been a long time since Reba's was canceled. And I thought, how's it going to work? Well,
08:51I've done movies and other things since then, but that muscle memory kicks back in. And it's like
08:57any other muscle. You've got to strengthen it. The similarity between me and the Reba character
09:02was we were the same. Hardheaded. I'm going to take charge. I don't care if I do mess it up. I'm
09:08going to fix it. That way. And now on Happy's Place, it's like, I don't know. I'm tired.
09:16Y'all fix it. I am so happy to announce that there is and will be a second season of Happy's Place.
09:23We're going to get 18 more episodes.
09:27Happy's Place.