"Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" is a song by Americanrock groupSpin Doctors, released in October 1992 byEpic Records as the lead single from their debut album,Pocket Full of Kryptonite (1991). The song reached number 17 on the USBillboard Hot 100 and number two on theBillboardAlbum Rock Tracks chart. It also reached number five in New Zealand and ended 1993 as the country's 41st-most-successful single. Live versions of "What Time Is It?" and "Freeway of the Plains" (mistakenly titled "Freeway of Plains" on the single) were included as itsB-side.[1]
The lyrics describe the narrator's happiness about no longer associating with a demanding woman who never admits any faults. The opening lines are: "Been a whole lot easier since the bitch left town /Been a whole lot happier without that face around."
Lead singerChris Barron has stated that the song was inspired by his relationship with his stepmother, despite popular belief that it was written about an ex-girlfriend. He described his stepmother as a "malignant narcissist".[3] Barron had a viral tweet in August 2019 about the song's creation, writing: "My stepmom told me I'd be a janitor [nothing wrong with that] and live in the basement of a school and play guitar for the rats. I wrote a song about her. It's called Little Miss Can't Be Wrong. It's been played on the radio three million times."[3][4]
An editor fromAllMusic retrospectively described the song as "incessantly catchy".[5] Alan Jones fromMusic Week rated it three out of five, writing, "This driving, economical song — vaguely reminiscent in execution to some ofSteve Miller's material — should win support ofrock radio. It may not be a Top 20 hit, but should nibble at the lower end of the chart, and tee up their albumA Pocket Full of Kryptonite."[6]Sylvia Patterson fromSmash Hits gave the song four out of five, viewing it as "feisty stuff."[7]
