(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing

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“(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing”
Single by Trace Adkins from the album Dreamin' Out Loud
Released	1997
Format	CD Single
Recorded	1996
Genre	Country
Length	4:02
Label	Capitol
Writer(s)	Tim Nichols, Mark D. Sanders
Trace Adkins singles chronology
"Every Light in the House" (1996) "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" (1997) "I Left Something Turned On at Home" (1997)

"(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" is a single by country music singer Trace Adkins. Released as the third single released from his debut album, Dreamin' Out Loud, the single reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, marking his first Number One single as an artist. The single was also Adkins' only Billboard Number One single until 2007, when he topped the country charts a second time with "Ladies Love Country Boys".

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Set at a moderate tempo and in the key of A minor, "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" begins with a pedal steel guitar solo, punctuated by piano and fiddle flourishes. Its lyrics are the narrator's attempt to explain that the love felt between him and his partner is not of a cerebral nature, but rather "a chemical, physical, emotional devotion / Passion that we can't hold back".

Preceded by "How Was I to Know" by Reba McEntire

Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single by Trace Adkins April 5, 1997

Succeeded by "Rumor Has It" by Clay Walker