She Couldn't Change Me
| "She Couldn't Change Me" | ||||
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Chris Knight | ||||
| Producer(s) | Joe Scaife | |||
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"She Couldn't Change Me" is a song written by
Content
In the first verse, the song's narrator's woman leaves him and heads out west because "she couldn't change [him]." In the second verse, she starts to think about the quiet country nights with him, and "Whatever she thought was so wrong with [him] / Suddenly seemed alright". Then she heads back to him, and she says that "when you love someone, you just gotta let it be."
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a solid single and saying that Montgomery Gentry delivers the song with an "edgy energy that is immensely appealing."[1]
Music video
The music video was directed by Guy Guillet, and features the duo standing on a mountaintop. Throughout the video, a woman paints the bedroom blue, driving a pickup truck, changing her hair from brown to blonde, and back to brown. During the last scene of the music video, a woman looks directly into the camera.
Chart positions
"She Couldn't Change Me" debuted at #53 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of February 10, 2001.
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] | 2 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 37 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2001) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 7 |
References
- Billboard, February 10, 2001
- ^ "Montgomery Gentry Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Montgomery Gentry Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Best of 2001: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2001. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
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