Don't Get Me Started

This article is about the 1996 song. For the 1994 movie, see Don't Get Me Started (1994 film).
"Don't Get Me Started"
Single by Rhett Akins
from the album Somebody New
B-side "I Was Wrong"[1]
Released March 26, 1996
Format CD single
Recorded 1995
Genre Country
Length 3:22
Label Decca Nashville
Writer(s) Rhett Akins
Sam Hogin
Mark D. Sanders
Producer(s) Mark Wright
Rhett Akins singles chronology
"She Said Yes"
(1995)		 "Don't Get Me Started"
(1996)		 "Love You Back"
(1996)

"Don't Get Me Started" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rhett Akins. It was released in March 1996 as the lead single from Akins' Somebody New album, it is also Akins' only Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.[1] The song also peaked at number 3 on the RPM Country Tracks in Canada. It was written by Akins, Sam Hogin, and Mark D. Sanders.

Content

The song discusses the fireworks that occur when you first fall in love.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that while the song had the potential to "descend into sticky sweetness", the "earnestness in Akins' vocals elevates the song and makes this a thoroughly enjoyable outing."[2]

Chart performance

"Don't Get Me Started" debuted at number 65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of March 30, 1996. It spent 21 weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts.

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 8
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 95
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 34
Preceded by
"Daddy's Money"
by Ricochet		 Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single
August 3, 1996 		Succeeded by
"Carried Away"
by George Strait

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 18. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. ↑ Billboard, March 23, 1996
  3. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3030." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 15, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Rhett Akins Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Rhett Akins.
  5. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Best of 1996: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.

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