You've Got a Way
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| Single by Shania Twain | ||||
| from the album Come on Over | ||||
| Released | May 1999 (Country) July 1999 (AC) |
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| Format | Radio single Maxi single |
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| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Country, pop | |||
| Length | 3:24 | |||
| Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
| Writer(s) | Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Shania Twain |
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| Producer | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
| Shania Twain singles chronology | ||||
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"You've Got a Way" is a song by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was the eighth single released to country radio from her 1997 album Come on Over. It was also the fourth single released to AC radio and fifth to Oceania. It was written by Mutt Lange and Twain. The song was originally released to North American country radio stations in the spring of 1999. The song was also remixed and used for the film Notting Hill. "You've Got a Way" was included on the Come on Over Tour, but in a medley with two other ballads. "You've Got a Way" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 42nd Grammy Awards. The song was excluded from Twain's Greatest Hits album.
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[edit] Critical reception
Billboard magazine reviewed the single favorably, calling it hooky and "wedding-ready," though they wrote that it is less captivating than several of her prior songs.[1]
[edit] Music video
The music video for "You've Got a Way" was shot in Los Angeles, and directed by Paul Boyd. It was filmed on May 2 and debuted on May 24, 1999. The video has a springtime feel, with Twain in a flower dress, walking around a garden, which at the end of the video is revealed to only be a music video set. Videos were released with both the 'Album Version' and 'Notting Hill Remix' and each with either scenes from Notting Hill or just Twain, called the Performance Only Version. The 'Notting Hill Remix (Performance Only)' version of the video is available on Twain's DVD The Platinum Collection. After the video shoot, Shania donated the flower dress to the Shania Twain Centre, in her hometown of Timmins, Ontario.
[edit] Chart performance
"You've Got a Way" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of June 19, 1999 at number 61, the highest debut of the week. The single spent 20 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number 13 on August 14, 1999, where it remained for one week. "You've Got a Way" became Twain's first song off Come on Over to miss the top ten on the country charts; however, it did become her 14th (eighth consecutive) top 20 single.
At adult contemporary radio, "You've Got a Way" debuted at number 28 the week of July 31, 1999, the highest debut of the week. The single spent 26 weeks on the chart and quickly climbed to a peak position of number six on September 11, 1999, where it remained for one week. "You've Got a Way" became Twain's fourth consecutive top ten and top 20 single. On the Hot 100, "You've Got a Way" peaked at number 49, and reached 42 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.
[edit] Official versions
- Original Album Version (3:24)
- International Version (3:15)
- Notting Hill Remix / North American International Version (3:25)
- Love to Infinity's Soul Classic Mix (6:00)
- Love to Infinity's Radio Mix (4:01)
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1999)[2] | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA charts[3] | 28 |
| Canada RPM Country Singles[4] | 1 |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[5] | 7 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles[6] | 17 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[7] | 17 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 13 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 49 |
[edit] References
- ^ Billboard, June 19, 1999.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=34388&model.vnuAlbumId=562635 Billboard chart history
- ^ http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=shania&cat=s Australia Singles Chart Peaks
- ^ "RPM Country 100". RPM 69 (15). August 2, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.8377&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=tpdnrd5v0vdor7md3iihu6o837. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
- ^ "RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks". RPM 69 (21). September 13, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.8457&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=tpdnrd5v0vdor7md3iihu6o837. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
- ^ "Top Singles – Volume 69, No. 21, September 13 1999". RPM. September 13, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.8449&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=fplgkn03oh1201290k2fhu3kv4. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
- ^ http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?search=shania&cat=s New Zealand Singles Chart Peaks
| Preceded by "Amazed" by Lonestar |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single August 2 – August 9, 1999 |
Succeeded by "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Dwight Yoakam |
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