Shut Up and Kiss Me (Mary Chapin Carpenter song)

"Shut Up and Kiss Me" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released in August 1994 as the first single from her album Stones in the Road. The song became her only number one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts on November 19, 1994; it also peaked at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song features Lee Roy Parnell accompanying on slide guitar, Benmont Tench on piano, Don Dixon on bass, Kenny Aronoff on drums, and Trisha Yearwood providing backing vocals.^[2] The song also won Carpenter a Grammy Award in 1995 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.^[3]

"Shut Up and Kiss Me"
Single by Mary Chapin Carpenter
from the album Stones in the Road
B-side	"End of My Pirate Days"[1]
Released	August 29, 1994
Genre	Country
Length	3:40
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Mary Chapin Carpenter
Producer(s)	Mary Chapin Carpenter John Jennings
Mary Chapin Carpenter singles chronology
"I Take My Chances" (1994) "Shut Up and Kiss Me" (1994) "Tender When I Want to Be" (1994)

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Salomon and premiered in late 1994. It features Carpenter wearing a black shirt and white pants singing the song with a band in a studio, and a resting dog. Parnell also appears in the video doing the guitar solo on a TV monitor.

Chart positions

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4]	3
Scotland (OCC)[5]	18
UK Singles Chart	35
US Billboard Hot 100[6]	90
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8]	41