Don't Make Me

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"Don't Make Me"
Blake Shelton-don't make Me.jpg
Single by Blake Shelton
from the album Pure BS
ReleasedNovember 6, 2006
Genre Country
Length4:07
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s) Marla Cannon-Goodman, Deanna Bryant, Dave Berg
Producer(s) Brent Rowan
Blake Shelton singles chronology
"Nobody but Me"
(2005)
"Don't Make Me"
(2006)
"The More I Drink"
(2007)

"Don't Make Me" is a song recorded by American country music singer Blake Shelton. It was released in November 2006 as the first single from his album, Pure BS . It was written by Marla Cannon-Goodman, Deanna Bryant, and Dave Berg.

Contents

Content

This song is about a man who notices a change in his girlfriend's behavior and is begging for the relationship to be righted. He tells her that he doesn't want to leave, but if that's what it comes to, he will and he won't be back.

Music video

The music video was directed by Roman White and premiered on CMT on November 16, 2006.

Chart performance

The song debuted at #60 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated November 11, 2006. It spent 31 weeks on that chart, and peaked at #12 on the chart dated June 9, 2007, in addition to peaking at #79 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Chart (2006–2007)Peak
position
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [1] 34
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 79
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 12

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 58

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