She Don't Tell Me To

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"She Don't Tell Me To"
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Single by Montgomery Gentry
from the album Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999-2005
ReleasedOctober 25, 2005
Recorded2005
Genre Country
Length3:08
Label Columbia Nashville
Songwriter(s) Bob DiPiero
Tom Shapiro
Rivers Rutherford
Producer(s) Rivers Rutherford
Mark Wright
Montgomery Gentry singles chronology
"Something to Be Proud Of"
(2005)
"She Don't Tell Me To"
(2005)
"Some People Change"
(2006)

"She Don't Tell Me To" is a song written by Tom Shapiro, Bob DiPiero and Rivers Rutherford, and recorded by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in October 2005 as the only single from their compilation album titled Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999-2005 .

Contents

Content

In this slow-tempoed tune, the narrator describes things he does for his lover (e.g., bringing home wildflowers, going to church with her after leaving early from Saturday nights out with his buddies, and apologizing when he is wrong in an argument) out of his own choice, rather than because she tells him to do so.

Music video

The music video was directed by Deb Haus and Jerad Sloan. It premiered on CMT on October 29, 2005, and peaked at #5 on CMT's Top 20 Countdown in March of 2006. It was shot over 2 days, in Iceland.

Chart positions

Chart (2005–2006)Peak
position
Canada Country ( Radio & Records ) [1] 12
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 5
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 62

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 24

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