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"Guys Do It All the Time"
Single by Mindy McCready
from the album Ten Thousand Angels
B-side"Guys Do It All the Time" (Dance Mix)[2]
ReleasedJuly 15, 1996[1]
Recorded1995
GenreCountry
Length3:11 (album version)
4:18 (Dance Mix)
LabelBNA
Songwriter(s)Bobby Whiteside, Kim Tribble
Producer(s)David Malloy
Mindy McCready singles chronology
"Ten Thousand Angels"
(1996) 		"Guys Do It All the Time"
(1996) 		"Maybe He'll Notice Her Now"
(1996)

"Guys Do It All the Time" is a song recorded by American country music artist Mindy McCready and written by Bobby Whiteside and Kim Tribble.[3] The song was released on July 15, 1996, and reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart on September 14 of that year, becoming McCready's first and only Number One hit.[4] The song was the second single from McCready's double-platinum selling debut album Ten Thousand Angels. It was later re-recorded on her fifth and final studio album I'm Still Here along with "Ten Thousand Angels".

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that its "infectious, uptempo groove and clever lyric should ensure repeated play." She goes on to call McCready's voice "likeable" and says that she "delivers this song about turning the tables on men with sassy style."[5]

Music video

A video was also issued of the song (she wears

GAC. The music video was directed by Jim Hershleder and premiered in June 1996.[6]

Chart positions

"Guys Do It All the Time" debuted at number 71 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of June 8, 1996. On the week of September 14, 1996, it reached number one and it became McCready's first and only number one hit. It is also McCready's only single to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 72
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[10] 32
US Country Songs (Billboard)[11] 30

Parodies

  • American country music parody artist
    Did I Shave My Back For This?
    .

References

  1. ^ http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/mccready_mindy/609154/album.jhtml [dead link]
  2. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2
    .
  3. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r233775
  4. ^ "Artist Chart History - Mindy McCready: Singles". billboard.com. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  5. Billboard
    , July 13, 1996, p. 96
  6. ^ "Billboard Video Monitor". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. July 6, 1996. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9679." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. September 9, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  8. ^ "Mindy McCready Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Mindy McCready Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  11. ^ "Best of 1996: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
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