She's Not Just a Pretty Face
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| "She's Not Just a Pretty Face" | ||
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| Single by Shania Twain | ||
| from the album Up! | ||
| Released | October 6, 2003 (Country) | |
| Format | Radio single Maxi single (cancelled) 5" CD single (cancelled) |
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| Recorded | 2002 | |
| Genre | Country | |
| Length | 3:48 | |
| Label | Universal / Mercury | |
| Producer(s) | Mutt Lange | |
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| North American singles chronology | ||
| "Forever and for Always" (2003) |
"She's Not Just a Pretty Face" (2003) |
"It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" (2004) |
"She's Not Just a Pretty Face" is a Grammy Award nominated song by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was the fourth country single released from her 2002 album Up!. The song was written by Mutt Lange and Twain. Twain had announced that "Nah!" would be the next single after "Forever and for Always", but "She's Not Just a Pretty Face" was released instead. It became Twain's fifteenth top-ten single on Billboard Country. The song was originally to be released to the UK as a pop single, but that plan was cancelled. It was however released to Eastern Europe as the fourth single, where it did reasonably well in some countries. "She's Not Just a Pretty Face" debuted in North America on October 6, 2003. Despite reaching the top ten, "She's Not Just a Pretty Face" was not included in Twain's 2004 Greatest Hits CD. The song was also nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 2005 Grammy Awards. The song was also performed on some highly rated TV shows, The Oprah Winfrey Show, the 2003 Country Music Awards, and the 2003 Billboard Music Awards, all helping it propel to the top ten.
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[edit] Review
| “ | We've definitely heard this type of Shania Twain ultra-lightweight country-girl power anthem before. It's all about ear candy here, from the spiritless fiddle licks and steel of the intro to Twain's admittedly well-rendered "Oh, na, na, na" that gets things started. Lyrically, it's so much what you would expect, like Helen Reddy for a new generation: "She is a soldier-she is a wife/she is a surgeon she'll save your life/She's not just a pretty face." Gee, women can do a lot of different things, alert the media. Still, the song is exquisite country pop with an endearing Twain vocal that owns more heart than the song deserves. As always, collaborator/husband Robert John "Mutt" Lange never met a hook he didn't like, with neat sonic tricks and instrumental breaks around every corner. In the past, one might expect a meteoric rise up the charts with fare such as this, but Twain has found the footing tougher this go-round... And besides, exactly which choir is she preaching to? | ” |
[edit] Music video
The music video for "She's Not Just a Pretty Face" was taken directly from Twain's 2003 Up! Live in Chicago special. It was filmed on July 27, 2003 and released on October 24, 2003. Directing credit is given to Beth McCarthy Miller. The video is the first of two live videos taken from the special, the next one is "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing". It is generally believed a live video was issued to promote the release of the DVD, a few weeks later. The video is not officially available on any DVD or single, but the performance can be seen on the Up! Live in Chicago DVD.
[edit] Chart performance
"She's Not Just a Pretty Face" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of October 11, 2003 at number 55. The single spent 20 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number nine on January 10, 2004, where it remained for one week. "She's Not Just a Pretty Face" became Twain's fifteenth top ten single and twentieth (fifth consecutive) top twenty single. It also peaked at number 56 on the Hot 100.
[edit] Audio versions
- Red Album Version (3:48)
- Green Album Version (3:48)
- Blue Album Version (3:30)
[edit] Track listings
UK CD1 (cancelled)
- "She's Not Just a Pretty Face" (Red Album Version)
- "Forever and for Always" (from Up! Live in Chicago)
UK CD2 (cancelled)
- "She's Not Just a Pretty Face" (Red Album Version)
- "Thank You Baby!" (from Up! Live in Chicago)
- "When You Kiss Me" (from Up! Live in Chicago)
- "She's Not Just a Pretty Face" (Video)
[edit] Charts
| Chart[1] | Peak position |
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| Romaniain Top 100 Airplay | 38 |
| Russian Top 100 Airplay | 46 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 56 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 56 |
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| Week | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chart position | 55 | 42 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
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(Trajectory from debut to peak and does not include decline)
[edit] Awards
The following are awards which have been won by "She's Not Just a Pretty Face". [2]
- 2004: BMI Country Songwriter Awards - One of the Most Performed Songs of the Year
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