George Ducas Polishes Off a Commemorative Edition of “Lipstick Promises”

Courtesy of AmericanSongwriter.com

Three and a half minutes of magic, that’s all it takes to change someone’s life. More specifically, that’s all it took to change George Ducas’ life.

It was November of 1994 when a young, fresh faced, semi-long haired, dare we say mulleted, George Ducas released the song “Lipstick Promises.” It was a time when country radio airwaves were clogged with superstars like Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, George Strait and of course Garth. Still, the song cut a swath through the crowd and worked its way all the way up into the Top Ten.

As it turns out, “Lipstick Promises” berthed not one but two incredible careers. George’s co-writer on the song, a then unknown twenty-something named Tia Sillers would go on to write magical songs like “I Hope You Dance” and a litany of other hits, earning herself a nomination for the Songwriters Hall of Fame. For George, as his second bona fide hit, it not only solidified his career as an artist but launched a songwriting career as well. In the years that followed his stint with Liberty and Capitol Records, Ducas co-wrote songs like “Real Fine Place To Start” by Sara Evans, “Beer Run” by Garth & George Jones, “Just Call Me Lonesome” by Radney Foster as well as songs by The Chicks, Randy Rogers, Eli Young Band, Gary Allan and more.

Twenty-five years is a long time but then again, in some ways it isn’t. While Ducas is still an active artist, he thought it would be fun to celebrate the milestone by putting a fresh coat of lipstick on the tune and bringing forth a brand-new recording along with a fun new video.

“I thought it would be cool to kind of polish it up and do a commemorative edition of “Lipstick Promises,” muses Ducas. “At first 2020 was really setting up to be a nice year, but unfortunately my latest album Yellow Rose Motel came out right before the pandemic. So, I thought it’d be cool to put something out in the midst of all this while I’m at home writing for another record. I thought it was ideal and the fact that it was a rather big anniversary of the song, it was a great way to bring it back.”

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