There's Your Trouble

"There's Your Trouble" is a song written by Mark Selby and Tia Sillers and recorded by American country music band Dixie Chicks (now known as the Chicks). It was released in March 1998 as the second single from the band's fourth studio album, Wide Open Spaces (1998), and peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The following year, the song was released in the United Kingdom and became the band's highest-charting single there when it peaked at No. 26.

"There's Your Trouble"
Single by Dixie Chicks
from the album Wide Open Spaces
B-side	"Give It Up or Let Me Go"
Released	March 30, 1998 (1998-03-30)
Genre	Country
Length	3:10
Label	Monument
Songwriter(s)	Mark Selby Tia Sillers
Producer(s)	Blake Chancey Paul Worley
Dixie Chicks singles chronology
"I Can Love You Better" (1997) "There's Your Trouble" (1998) "Wide Open Spaces" (1998)

Reception

The song became the band's first No. 1 single on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in August 1998. In doing so, it became the first chart-topping song on Sony's newly resurrected Monument Records label since February 1978, when Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band reached the top with "I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love."^[1] In 1999, the Dixie Chicks were awarded a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for their performance of "There's Your Trouble".^[2]

Live performances

The Dixie Chicks performed the song on Austin City Limits with Emily Robison's husband, country musician Charlie Robison in the midst of the band in 1999.^[3] The song was the first in their setlist that evening.^[4] A video was made of "There's Your Trouble," and it has aired on The Nashville Network, CMT, and GAC.

Track listings

US CD and cassette single[5][6] "There's Your Trouble" – 3:10 "Give It Up or Let Me Go" – 4:55 UK CD1[7] "There's Your Trouble" – 3:10 "Stand by Your Man" – 3:21 "There's Your Trouble" (Jay Joyce extended remix) – 5:56 UK CD2[8] "There's Your Trouble" – 3:10 "Am I the Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way)" – 3:25 "There's Your Trouble" (Jay Joyce full length country remix) – 3:58

UK cassette single[9] "There's Your Trouble" – 3:10 "Am I the Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way)" – 3:25 European CD single[10] "There's Your Trouble" – 3:10 "Stand by Your Man" – 3:21

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1998–1999) Peak position Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[11] 3 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[12] 99 Scotland (OCC)[13] 24 UK Singles (OCC)[14] 26 US Billboard Hot 100[15] 36 US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[16] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1998) Position Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[17] 6 US Hot Country Singles & Tracks (Billboard)[18] 5

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	March 30, 1998	Country radio	Monument	[19]
United Kingdom	June 21, 1999	CD cassette	Epic	[20]

References

1. Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006
2. (accessed 8 March 2008) Dixie Chicks' website Awards Dixie Chicks websiteFrontpage Publicity Dixie Chicks Archived February 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
3. Austin City Limits (accessed 6 March 2008)Dixie Chicks and Charlie Robison 1999
4. Austin City Limits (accessed 8 March 2008) Videos from the performance by the Dixie Chicks 1999 ACL Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
5. There's Your Trouble (US CD single liner notes). Dixie Chicks. Monument Records. 1998. 31K 78899.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
6. There's Your Trouble (US cassette single sleeve). Dixie Chicks. Monument Records. 1998. 31T 78899.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
7. There's Your Trouble (UK CD1 liner notes). Dixie Chicks. Monument Records, Epic Records. 1999. 667516 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
8. There's Your Trouble (UK CD2 liner notes). Dixie Chicks. Monument Records, Epic Records. 1999. 667516 5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
9. There's Your Trouble (UK cassette single sleeve). Dixie Chicks. Monument Records, Epic Records. 1999. 667516 4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
10. There's Your Trouble (European CD single liner notes). Dixie Chicks. Monument Records, Epic Records. 1999. EPC 667406 1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
11. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7891." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 24, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
12. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 28. July 10, 1999. p. 11.
13. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
14. "Dixie Chicks: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
15. "The Chicks Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
16. "The Chicks Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
17. "RPM's Top 100 Country Tracks of '98". RPM. December 14, 1998. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Library and Archives Canada.
18. "The Year in Music 1998: Hot Country Singles & Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. December 26, 1998. p. YE-60. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
19. "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1241. March 27, 1998. p. 67.
20. "New Releases – For Week Starting 21 June, 1999: Singles". Music Week. June 19, 1999. p. 27.