"Kiss This" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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artist

Aaron Tippin Aaron Dupree Tippin (born July 3, 1958) is an American country music singer, songwriter and record producer. Initially a songwriter for Acuff-Rose Music, he gained a recording contract with RCA Nashville in 1990. His debut single, "You've Got to ...

. It was released in May 2000 as the first single from his album '' People Like Us''. The song, written by Tippin with his wife, Thea, and Phillip Douglas, became his third and final Number One on the ''

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'' country charts, five years after his last Number One, "

That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You "That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You" is a song recorded by American country music artist Aaron Tippin. It was released in August 1995 as the lead-off single from the album ''Tool Box''. It peaked at number one in the United States, and No. ...

" in 1995, as well as the first Number One for the

Lyric Street Records Lyric Street Records was an American country music record label. It was owned by the Disney Music Group and founded in 1997 by Randy Goodman. The label had its first successes in 1998 with singles by Lari White and Aaron Tippin, both formerly of ...

label, the label that Tippin was signed to at the time.

Content

The song's protagonist is a woman who found out her former lover has been cheating on her, and getting revenge on him. It is in a 4/4

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and the key of

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, with an approximate tempo of 116

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. Tippin's vocal ranges two

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s, from F3 to F5. It features backing vocals from

Melodie Crittenden Melodie Crittenden (born 1968) is an American country and Christian music artist. Her first album was recorded at the age of nine in Norman, Oklahoma, and was titled ''Melodie Sings''. She traveled around Oklahoma with her family band "The Crit ...

, Kim Parent, and

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. Tippin's wife, Thea, with whom he wrote the song, can be heard saying "See ya!" at the end.

Music video

The music video was directed by

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, and premiered on CMT on May 26, 2000, where CMT named it a "Hot Shot".

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 70 on the

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chart dated May 27, 2000. It charted for 33 weeks on that chart, and reached number-one on the chart dated October 14, 2000, remaining at the top for two weeks, and becoming Tippin's third and final number-one single. It also peaked at number 42 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Year-end charts

References

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