Shut Up and Kiss Me (Mary Chapin Carpenter song)

"Shut Up and Kiss Me" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released in August 1994 as the first single from her album Stones in the Road. The song became her only number one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts on November 19, 1994; it also peaked at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song features Lee Roy Parnell accompanying on slide guitar, Benmont Tench on piano, Don Dixon on bass, Kenny Aronoff on drums, and Trisha Yearwood providing backing vocals. The song also won Carpenter a Grammy Award in 1995 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Salomon and premiered in late 1994. It features Carpenter wearing a black shirt and white pants singing the song with a band in a studio, and a resting dog. Parnell also appears in the video doing the guitar solo on a TV monitor.

Chart positions

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	3
Scotland (OCC)	18
UK Singles Chart	35
US Billboard Hot 100	90
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	41

References

Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
Ridley, Jim (October 1994). "Stones in the Road review". New Country: 56–57. ISSN 1074-536X.
"Mary Chapin Carpenter - Grammy Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
"Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2667." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 28, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
"Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
"Mary Chapin Carpenter Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
"Mary Chapin Carpenter Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
"RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

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Discography
State of the Heart	"How Do" "Never Had It So Good" "Quittin' Time" "Something of a Dreamer"
Shooting Straight in the Dark	"You Win Again" "Right Now" "Down at the Twist and Shout" "Going Out Tonight"
Come On Come On	"I Feel Lucky" "Not Too Much to Ask" (with Joe Diffie) "Passionate Kisses" "The Hard Way" "The Bug" "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" "I Take My Chances"
Stones in the Road	"Shut Up and Kiss Me" "Tender When I Want to Be" "House of Cards"
A Place in the World	"Let Me into Your Heart"
Working Class Hero	"Grow Old with Me"
Party Doll and Other Favorites	"Almost Home"

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