"You're Beginning to Get to Me" is a song written by

Tom Shapiro Tom Curtis Shapiro (born in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American songwriter and occasional record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. To date, he holds four Country Songwriter of the Year awards from Broadcast Music Incorpor ...

and

Aaron Barker Aaron Barker (born March 5, 1953 in San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter. Barker has written No. 1 songs for George Strait ("Baby Blue (George Strait song), Baby Blue", "Love Without End, Amen", "Easy Come, Easy Go ( ...

, and recorded by American

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singer

Clay Walker Ernest Clayton Walker Jr. (born August 19, 1969) is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1993 with the single " What's It to You", which reached Number One on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Son ...

. It was released in August 1998 as the second and final single from his ''

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'' compilation album. It peaked at #2 on the ''

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...

(now

Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...

) chart.

Critical reception

Tara Seetharam of ''Country Universe'' listed "You're Beginning to Get to Me" as the 302nd best country single of the 1990s and wrote, "In his catalogue of fabulous 90s hits, this understated “love” song gets overshadowed by some of the more distinct ones, but it’s nonetheless memorable."Seetharam, Tara ''Country Universe'' 400 Greatest Singles of the Nineties: #325-#30
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Chart performance

The song debuted at number 63 on the

chart dated August 22, 1998. It charted for 27 weeks on that chart, and peaked at number 2 on the chart dated January 2, 1999 (having been blocked from Number One by

Terri Clark Terri Lynn Sauson, known professionally as Terri Clark, born August 5, 1968, is a Canadian country music singer who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that ...

's "

You're Easy on the Eyes "You're Easy on the Eyes" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in August 1998 as the second single from her CD, '' How I Feel'', it spent three weeks at the top of the '' Billboard'' Hot ...

", another song co-written by Tom Shapiro.) In addition, it entered the Top 40 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it peaked at number 39 on that chart.

Charts

Year-end charts

References

1998 singles Clay Walker songs Songs written by Tom Shapiro Song recordings produced by James Stroud Giant Records (Warner) singles Songs written by Aaron Barker 1998 songs {{1998-country-song-stub