Shut Up and Kiss Me (Mary Chapin Carpenter song)

"Shut up and Kiss Me"
Single by Mary Chapin Carpenter
from the album Stones in the Road
B-side "End of My Pirate Days"[1]
Released August 29, 1994
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 3:40
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Mary Chapin Carpenter
Producer(s) Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Jennings
Mary Chapin Carpenter singles chronology
"I Take My Chances"
(1994)		 "Shut Up and Kiss Me"
(1994)		 "Tender When I Want to Be"
(1995)

"Shut Up and Kiss Me" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released in August 1994 as the first single from her album Stones in the Road. The song became her only Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts; it also peaked at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song features Lee Roy Parnell accompanying on slide guitar, Benmont Tench on piano and Trisha Yearwood providing backing vocals.[2] The song also won Carpenter a Grammy Award in 1995 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.[3]

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Salomon and premiered in late 1994. Parnell, who played on the song, also appeared in the video.

Chart positions

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 3
UK Singles Chart 35
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 90
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1994) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] 41
Preceded by
"Livin' on Love" by Alan Jackson		 Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single
November 19, 1994 		Succeeded by
"If I Could Make a Living" by Clay Walker

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 82. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. ↑ Ridley, Jim (October 1994). "Stones in the Road review". New Country: 56–57. ISSN 1074-536X.
  3. ↑ "Mary Chapin Carpenter - Grammy Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  4. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2667." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 28, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Mary Chapin Carpenter Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Mary Chapin Carpenter.
  6. ↑ "Mary Chapin Carpenter Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Mary Chapin Carpenter.
  7. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.