| "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" | ||||
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| Single by Shania Twain | ||||
| from the album The Woman in Me | ||||
| B-side | "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" | |||
| Released | November 15, 1995 | |||
| Format | Radio single 5" CD single Maxi Single Cassingle |
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| Recorded | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:48 | |||
| Label | Polygram/Mercury Nashville | |||
| Writer(s) | Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Shania Twain |
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| Producer | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
| Certification | Platinum (ARIA) | |||
| Shania Twain singles chronology | ||||
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"(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music singer Shania Twain. It was released in November 1995 as the fourth single from her 1995 album The Woman in Me. The song was written by Mutt Lange and Twain. The song became Twain's second number-one hit at country radio. It spent two weeks at the top of the chart in February 1996. The song was also her breakthrough hit in Australia. "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" was later included on Twain's 2004 Greatest Hits package. In 1997, the eurodance group Real McCoy covered "I'm Outta Here!".
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The music video for "I'm Outta Here!" was shot in New York City and directed by Steven Goldmann. It was filmed on November 4, 1995 and released 11 days later. In the video, Shania plays the drums to the beat of the song, in different places of a hall, along with a group of friends. Three versions of the video were released; the 'Album Version' for country music video channels, the 'Mutt Lange Remix' for Australia and the 'Dance Remix' for Canadian pop channels. The 'Album Version' video is available on Twain's DVD The Platinum Collection. The video won the Video of the Year Award at the 1996 Canadian Country Music Awards.[1]
During Shania's Come On Over Tour and Up! Tour, the song was performed as the last main song of the setlist before returning to the stage for her encores. Each of the cities Twain visited on both tours, she would invite a local school Marching Band drum line to join her on stage. Twain would also play the drums along as well on stage. At the end of the song on the Come On Over Tour, Twain stands on top of a big drum and disappears into it as Fireworks erupt from the stage. On the Up! Tour, leads the drummers in joining in a big drum roll which lets off the fireworks with Twain disappearing after the song ends.
"I'm Outta Here!" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of November 18, 1995 at number 68. It spent 20 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number one on February 3, 1996, where it remained for two weeks. "I'm Outta Here!" became Twain's second number-one single, second top-ten single, and fourth consecutive top twenty single. The song also topped the Country Singles Sales chart for one week. "I'm Outta Here!" was Twain's second appearance on the Hot 100 where it bowed at number 74; it reached number 43 in sales.
Internationally, "I'm Outta Here!" became Twain's first hit, as well as first chart appearance at all, when it made top five in Australia. It debuted on November 24, 1996 at number 37. It climbed to a peak of number five on January 26, 1997 where it remained for two weeks. It spent a total of 22 weeks on the chart.[2]
| Chart (1995–1996)[3] | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Charts[4] | 5 |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[5] | 49 |
| Canada RPM Country Singles[6] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 74 |
| Preceded by "Life Gets Away" by Clint Black |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single January 8-February 12, 1996 |
Succeeded by "Bigger Than the Beatles" by Joe Diffie |
| Preceded by "It Matters to Me" by Faith Hill |
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single February 3-February 10, 1996 |
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