Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?

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"Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?"
Mercury Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Shania Twain singles chronology
"You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me"
(1993)
"Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?"
(1995)
"Any Man of Mine"
(1995)
Music video
"Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" on
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"Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" is a song by Canadian

Mercury Nashville released the song on January 2, 1995 to country radio as the lead single from her second studio album The Woman in Me
(1995).

Following the commercial failure of her

CMA Music Festival
and by December of that year, the two had gotten married.

"Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" is a song lyrically about a woman confronting her partner cheating on her, asking who he has been with. The song itself received highly positive reviews and has retrospectively been reviewed as one of Twain's best singles. The song was Twain's first successful single, which was the opposite of her last song "

Music video

The

The Platinum Collection
.

Critical reception

Billboard magazine praised Twain's "velvety vocals" and the "neat production twists" on the song.[2] Music & Media wrote, "Ways to be jealous get new elan from lyrics only cowgirls can sing with so much rivalry in their voice. Dance remixer Brian Tankersly puts the forceful kick into the boots."[3]

Chart performance

"Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of January 14, 1995 at number 71. It spent 20 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number 11 on April 29, 1995, where it remained for two weeks. At the time, it was Twain's biggest single. The song ranked No. 40 on

CMT's 40 Greatest Done-Me-Wrong Songs in 2004. It peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 with her next single "Any Man of Mine
".

Official versions

Track listing

Released as "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? / Any Man Of Mine"

US Cassette Single (Mercury 856-448-4)

Side 1

  1. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? (Edit)

Side 2

  1. Any Man Of Mine

US CD Single (Limited Edition) (Mercury 856 449–2)

  1. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? (Edit)
  2. Any Man Of Mine
  3. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? (Dance Mix)

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ [1] Archived May 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc (January 21, 1995). "Reviews: Country". Billboard. p. 59. {{cite magazine}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. December 17, 1994. p. 6. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  4. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9074." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 20, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  5. ^ "Shania Twain Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Shania Twain Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Billboard Top Country Singles Sales" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  8. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995". RPM. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  9. ^ "American single certifications – Shania Twain – Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under". Recording Industry Association of America.