"That Ain't My Truck" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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artist

Rhett Akins Thomas Rhett Akins Sr. (born October 13, 1969) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Decca Records between 1994 and 1997, he released two albums for that label (1995's ''A Thousand Memories'' and 1996's ''Somebody New (a ...

. It was released in May 1995 as the third single from his debut album '' A Thousand Memories''. The song spent 21 weeks on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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charts, peaking at number 3 in mid-1995. It also reached number 7 on the ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart in Canada. It was written by Akins,

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 Chris Waters.

Content

The song is an up-tempo in which the narrator ends up on the losing end of a relationship. His significant other chooses another guy to continue a relationship with and the narrator knows this by driving by her house and seeing another man's truck in her driveway.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of ''

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'' magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that the song "sounds like a winner".

Music video

The

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was directed by Mary Newman-Said and premiered in mid 1995. The video was filmed around

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Chart performance

"That Ain't My Truck" debuted at number 65 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 13, 1995.

Year-end charts

References

1995 singles 1995 songs Rhett Akins songs Songs written by Rhett Akins Songs written by Tom Shapiro Songs written by Chris Waters Decca Records singles Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer) Songs about cars Songs about heartache {{1995-country-song-stub