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"Rock This Country!" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music singer Shania Twain. It was the eleventh single released from her third studio album Come on Over. Written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Twain, "Rock This Country!" was released to North American country radio stations in late 1999. With no promotional performances or CD single, the song was the lowest charting single at country radio from the album. Despite this, Twain has performed the song on every one of her tours: the Come On Over Tour, Up! Tour, the tour of the same name and the Now Tour, usually as the opener or closer. She also performed the song on the Let's Go! residency, and in an acoustic version for the Still the One residency.
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| Single by Shania Twain | ||||
| from the album Come On Over | ||||
| Released | January 10, 2000[1] | |||
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| Length | 3:59 | |||
| Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
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| Producer(s) | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
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Background
On "Rock This Country!" Twain said the song is "a very live, fast-driving song. We wrote that one on the beach in Florida. I had had the title a long time".[2] It is the only song to stay the same on both the original and international versions of Come On Over. Al Gore used "Rock This Country!" as the theme song to his 2000 Presidential Campaign.[3] Hillary Clinton selected "Rock This Country!" as a candidate theme song for her 2008 Presidential campaign.[4]
Critical reception
Billboard applauded the song saying it "pushes all the buttons that should make it a natural for today's young country audience" and calling it "a rollicking, fiddle-laced number that should become a weekend anthem".[5]
Music video
The music video for "Rock This Country!" was taken directly from Twain's 1999 Come on Over special from Dallas. It was filmed on November 25, 1999, and released on December 23, 1999. Directing credit is given to Larry Jordan. This video was the second consecutive live video released from the Come on Over album, and third overall, as both "Honey, I'm Home" and "Come on Over" were issued live videos. The video is known for Twain's "space-age" looking outfit. It is available on Twain's DVD The Platinum Collection (2001).
Chart performance
"Rock This Country!" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of January 15, 2000, at number 58. The single spent 17 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number 30 on February 26, 2000, where it remained for three weeks. "Rock This Country!" became the first and only single from Come on Over to miss the top 20. It also became her lowest peaking single since "God Bless the Child", which peaked at number 48.
Charts
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6] | 3 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 30 |
References
- "Country: Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1332. January 7, 2000. p. 72.
- Flippo, Chet (October 18, 1997), "Twain branches out on sophomore set". Billboard. 109 (42):11
- "Header8". Archived from the original on August 27, 2006. Retrieved September 23, 2006. Shania Twain facts
- HillaryClinton.com - Welcome Archived May 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Taylor, Chuck (January 15, 2000), "Reviews & Previews: Singles". Billboard. 112 (3):22
- "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9755." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 6, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- "Shania Twain Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
На других языках
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«Rock This Country!» (en español ¡Revolucionar éste país!) es una canción escrita por la cantante canadiense Shania Twain y el productor Robert Lange. Se lanzó cómo décimo sencillo de su multiplatino álbum de estudio Come on Over (1997) en las estaciones de radio country a fines de 1999. El sencillo, fue el que menos éxito tuvo del álbum, quizá por la mínima promoción que se le dio o por no publicase comercialmente de manera oficial. "Rock This Country!" ha sido la canción con la que Shania cerró todos los conciertos de sus tours Come on Over tour 1998-1999 y Up! tour 2003-2004). "Rock This Country!" fue la única canción que permaneció igual en ambas versiones del álbum (versión original o country y versión internacional). Diversos políticos, han usado la canción como tema principal para sus campañas, cómo Al Gore en el 2000 y Hillary Clinton en el 2008.[ru] Rock This Country!
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