That Girl's Been Spyin' on Me

"That Girl's Been Spyin' on Me"
Single by Billy Dean
from the album It's What I Do
B-side "Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time"[1]
Released June 10, 1996 (1996-06-10)
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 3:44
Label Capitol #58563
Writer(s) Tom Shapiro
Max T. Barnes
Producer Tom Shapiro
Nancy H. Williams[2]
Billy Dean singles chronology
"It's What I Do"
(1996)
"That Girl's Been Spyin' on Me"
(1996)
"I Wouldn't Be a Man"
(1996)

"That Girl's Been Spyin' on Me" is the title of a song written by Tom Shapiro and Max T. Barnes, and recorded by American country music singer Billy Dean. It was released in June 1996 as the first single from his fifth studio album, 1996's It's What I Do. The song spent twenty weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1996, peaking at number four.[1]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the "cloak-and-dagger spy intro gives way to tasty guitar, piano, and fiddle licks that percolate nicely." She goes on to say that the writers provide Dean with a "catchy melody and cute lyric, to which he adds a playful vocal delivery."[3]

Chart positions

"That Girl's Been Spyin' on Me" debuted at number 72 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of June 15, 1996.

Chart (1996) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 4
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[4] 3

References

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 119. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
  2. ^ (1996) Album notes for It's What I Do by Billy Dean [CD liner notes]. Nashville, Tennessee: Capitol Records Nashville (30525).
  3. ^ Billboard, June 22, 1996
  4. ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada: Country Singles". RPM (magazine). http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=osbkt4gjgacppp15pl6eqlsn60&q1=Billy+Dean&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20. Retrieved 2010-07-19.