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Rock This Country!
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Wikipedia article
"'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.
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".'Flippo, Chet (October 18, 1997), "Twain branches out on sophomore set". 'Billboard'. '109' (42):11 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. Shania Twain facts Hillary Clinton selected "Rock This Country!" as a candidate theme song for her 2008 Presidential campaign.[http://www.hillaryclinton.com/action/spotlight/?sc=8 HillaryClinton.com - Welcome]
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".Taylor, Chuck (January 15, 2000), "Reviews & Previews: Singles". 'Billboard'. '112' (3):22
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
References
Category:2000 singles
Category:1997 songs
Category:Shania Twain songs
Category:Songs written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Category:Song recordings produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Category:Songs written by Shania Twain
Category:Mercury Records singles
Category:Mercury Nashville singles
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