"Rock This Country!" is a song co-written and performed by Canadian

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singer

Shania Twain Eilleen Regina "Shania" Twain ( ; born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists of all time and the best-sel ...

. It was the eleventh single released from her third studio album ''

Come on Over ''Come On Over'' is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Shania Twain. Mercury Records in North America released it on November 4, 1997. Similar to her work on its predecessor, '' The Woman in Me'' (1995), Twain entirely collab ...

.'' Written by

Robert John "Mutt" Lange Robert John "Mutt" Lange ( ; born 11 November 1948) is a South African record producer. He is known for his work in rock music as well as co-writing and producing various songs for Shania Twain, his ex-wife. Her 1997 album ''Come On Over'', whic ...

and Twain, "Rock This Country!" was released to North American country radio stations in late 1999. With no promotional performances or CD single, the song was the lowest charting single at country radio from the album. Despite this, Twain has performed the song on every one of her tours: the Come On Over Tour, Up! Tour, the tour of the same name, Now Tour, and the Queen of Me Tour usually as the opener or closer. She also performed the song on the Let's Go! residency, and in an acoustic version for the Still the One residency.

Background

On "Rock This Country!" Twain said the song is "a very live, fast- driving song. We wrote that one on the beach in Florida. I had had the title a long time". It is the only song on the original version of ''Come On Over'' that is not remixed for the international version.

Al Gore Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American former politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He previously served as ...

used "Rock This Country!" as the theme song to his 2000 Presidential Campaign.

Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator represent ...

selected "Rock This Country!" as a candidate theme song for her 2008 Presidential campaign.

Critical reception

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'' applauded the song saying it "pushes all the buttons that should make it a natural for today's young country audience" and calling it "a rollicking, fiddle-laced number that should become a weekend anthem".Taylor, Chuck (January 15, 2000), "Reviews & Previews: Singles". ''

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Music video

The

music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

for "Rock This Country!" was taken directly from Twain's 1999 ''

'' special from

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. It was filmed on November 25, 1999, and released on December 23, 1999. Directing credit is given to

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. This video was the second consecutive live video released from the ''Come on Over'' album, and third overall, as both "

Honey, I'm Home "Honey, I'm Home" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Shania Twain. It was released on August 10, 1998, as the sixth single from her third studio album ''Come On Over'' (1997). The song was written by Twain and he ...

" and "

" were issued live videos. The video is known for Twain's "space-age" looking outfit. It is available on Twain's DVD '' The Platinum Collection'' (2001).

Chart performance

"Rock This Country!" debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of January 15, 2000, at number 58. The single spent 17 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number 30 on February 26, 2000, where it remained for three weeks. "Rock This Country!" became the first and only single from ''Come on Over'' to miss the top 20. It also became her lowest peaking single since " God Bless the Child", which peaked at number 48.

Charts

References

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