She's Not the Cheatin' Kind

"She's Not the Cheatin' Kind"
Single by Brooks & Dunn
from the album Waitin' on Sundown
B-side	"She's the Kind of Trouble"
Released	August 16, 1994
Genre	Honky-tonk [1]
Length	3:27
Label	Arista 12740
Songwriter(s)	Ronnie Dunn
Producer(s)	Don Cook Scott Hendricks
Brooks & Dunn singles chronology
"That Ain't No Way to Go" (1994) "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" (1994) "I'll Never Forgive My Heart" (1994)

"She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" is a song written by Ronnie Dunn and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in August 1994 as the lead-off single from their album Waitin' on Sundown . The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, becoming the duo's seventh Number One single. ^[2]

Music video

The music video is mostly in black-and-white, and was directed by Piers Plowden and premiered in mid-1994.

Chart positions

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3]	1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5]	51
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6]	61

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [7]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Cahoon, Rick. ""She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" - Single Review". AllMusic . Retrieved September 19, 2025.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 56.
3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2646." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. November 7, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
4. "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
5. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM . December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
6. "Best of 1994: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
7. "American single certifications – Brooks & Dunn – She's Not the Cheatin' Kind". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved August 14, 2024.