"Yes!" is a song co-written and recorded by American
country music
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artist
Chad Brock
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. It was released in February 2000 as the second single and title from his
album of the same name. The song reached the top of the ''
Billboard
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Hot Country Singles & Tracks
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chart. It is considered to be Brock's
signature song
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and his only number-one single, spending three weeks at No. 1 in the U.S.,
and one week in Canada. Brock wrote this song with Stephony Smith and
Jim Collins.
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, of ''
Billboard
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'' magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song "boasts a buoyant melody and positive lyric that captures all the excitement and emotional energy of a burgeoning relationship." She goes on to call the chorus "absolutely infectious" and "one of those sing-along refrains that makes for a great radio song." On Brock's vocals she says that he has a "personable, Everyman kind of quality to his voice that makes this tune readily relatable."
['']Billboard
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'', February 19, 2000 - Vol. 112, No. 8.
Music video
The
music video
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for this song was directed by Gerry Wenner, and shows Brock on a beach where people of many ages, in various stages of relationships, are having conversations with their partners.
Chart performance
"Yes!" debuted at number 52 on the
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
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chart the week of February 26, 2000, and climbed to Number One on the week of June 17, 2000, where it held for three consecutive weeks, also giving Brock his only Number One single.
It also peaked at number 22 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
Peak positions
Year-end charts
Parodies
*Country music parodist
Cledus T. Judd
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parodied this song on his CD, ''
Cledus Envy
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'', as "1/2."
References
{{Chad Brock
2000 singles
2000 songs
Chad Brock songs
Songs written by Jim Collins (singer)
Song recordings produced by Buddy Cannon
Song recordings produced by Norro Wilson
Warner Records singles
Songs written by Stephony Smith