Rock This Country!

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"Rock This Country!"

Single by Shania Twain
from the album Come on Over
Released	December 1999
Recorded	1997
Genre	Country
Length	3:59
Label	Mercury Nashville
Producer(s)	Mutt Lange
Chart positions
#30 (U.S. Country)
Shania Twain singles chronology
"Come on Over" (1999)	"Rock This Country!" (2000)	"I'm Holdin' on to Love (to Save My Life)" (2000)

"Rock This Country!" is a song by Canadian singer Shania Twain, it was the tenth single released to country radio from her 1997 album Come on Over. Written by Mutt Lange and Twain, "Rock This Country!" was released to North American country radio stations in late 1999. With no promotional performances or CD single, the song was the lowest charting single at country radio from the album. "Rock This Country!" was the closing song each night on both the Come on Over Tour and Up! Tour. It is the only song to stay the same on both the original and International versions of Come on Over. Al Gore used "Rock This Country!" as the theme song to his 2000 Presidential Campaign.^[1]

1 Review
2 Music video
3 Chart performance
4 Audio Versions
5 Charts
6 Notes

[edit] Review

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This is the 10th single from Twain's phenomenal-selling Come On Over album. Each of her previous outings has gone top 10, with the exception of the last single, "You've Got A Way," which peaked at No. 13. Like many of its predecessors, this record combines high-energy, go-for-the-throat production and Twain's sassy delivery. Lyrically, there's not much to applaud, but what the song lacks in depth, Twain makes up for in attitude. It pushes all the buttons that should make it a natural for today's young country audience-a sing-along chorus, good-time lyric, and feisty beat. It's a rollicking, fiddle-laced number that should become a weekend anthem for this generation of urban cowboys. In the wake of her holiday TV special and consistently high level of exposure, Shania mania continues, and this single looks sure to be another hit in her sparkly parade.

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--Billboard, January 15, 2000

[edit] Music video

"Rock This Country!" video

The music video for "Rock This Country!" was taken directly from Twain's 1999 Come on Over special from Dallas. It was filmed on November 25, 1999 and released on December 23, 1999. Directing credit is given to Larry Jordan. This video was the second consecutive live video released from the Come on Over album, and third overall, as both "Honey, I'm Home" and "Come on Over" were issued live videos. The video is known for Twain's "space-age" looking outfit. It is available on Twain's DVD The Platinum Collection.

[edit] Chart performance

"Rock This Country!" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of January 15, 2000 at number 58. The single spent 17 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number 30 on February 26, 2000, where it remained for three weeks. "Rock This Country!" became the first single from Come on Over to miss both the top ten and top twenty, it became her lowest peaking single since "God Bless the Child" which peaked at number 48.