Don't Get Me Started

1996 single by Rhett Akins From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Don't Get Me Started" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rhett Akins. It was released in March 1996 as the lead single from Akins' Somebody New album, it is also Akins' only number one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs.[1] The song also peaked at number 3 on the RPM Country Tracks in Canada. Akins, Sam Hogin, and Mark D. Sanders wrote it.

B-side"I Was Wrong"[1]
ReleasedMarch 26, 1996
Recorded1995
GenreCountry
Quick facts Single by Rhett Akins, from the album Somebody New ...
"Don't Get Me Started"
Single by Rhett Akins
from the album Somebody New
B-side"I Was Wrong"[1]
ReleasedMarch 26, 1996
Recorded1995
GenreCountry
Length3:22
LabelDecca Nashville
Songwriters
ProducerMark Wright
Rhett Akins singles chronology
"She Said Yes"
(1995)		 "Don't Get Me Started"
(1996)		 "Love You Back"
(1996)
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Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that while the song had the potential to "descend into sticky sweetness", the "earnestness in Akins' vocals elevates the song and makes this a thoroughly enjoyable outing."[2]

Chart performance

"Don't Get Me Started" debuted at number 65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of March 30, 1996. It spent 21 weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts.

More information Chart (1996), Peak position ...
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3]3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4]1
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Year-end charts

More information Chart (1996), Position ...
Chart (1996) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 95
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 34
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References

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