"Nobody Gonna Tell Me What to Do" is a song recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

duo Van Zant. It was released in September 2005 as the second single from their album '' Get Right with the Man''. The song was written by Tony Mullins,

Tim Nichols Tim Nichols (born in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since the late 1980s, Nichols has written for several country music singers, including Keith Whitley, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Jo Dee Messi ...

and

Craig Wiseman Craig Michael Wiseman is an American Country music songwriter and producer, and the owner/founder of the Big Loud enterprise. He has been writing since the late 1980s, and his songs have been recorded by Lorrie Morgan, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney ...

Critical reception

In his review of the song, Kevin John Coyne of ''Country Universe'' called the duo "a great

southern rock Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues and is focused generally on electric guitars and vocals. Author Scott B. Bomar specula ...

addition to the genre."

Music video

The music video was directed by

Trey Fanjoy Trey Fanjoy is an American music video director. Fanjoy has directed over 150 major label music videos. Her videos have appeared on CMT, VH1, GAC, The Nashville Network, CMT Canada, and MTV. She is the first woman to win the Country Music A ...

and premiered in September 2005.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 59 on the U.S. '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart for the week of October 8, 2005.

References

{{authority control 2005 singles 2005 songs Van Zant (band) songs Columbia Records singles Songs written by Tim Nichols Songs written by Craig Wiseman Music videos directed by Trey Fanjoy Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer) Songs written by Tony Mullins