She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy

"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"
Single by Kenny Chesney
from the album Everywhere We Go
B-side	"What I Need to Do"
Released	October 4, 1999
Format	CD single, 7" 45 RPM
Recorded	1999
Genre	Country
Length	4:08
Label	BNA 65964
Writer(s)	Jim Collins Paul Overstreet
Producer	Buddy Cannon Norro Wilson
Certification	Gold (RIAA)[1]
Kenny Chesney singles chronology
"You Had Me from Hello" (1999) "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" (1999) "What I Need to Do" (2000)

"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" is the title of a country music song written by Jim Collins and Paul Overstreet. It was recorded by Kenny Chesney for his 1999 album Everywhere We Go, from which it was released as the album's third single. The song peaked at number eleven in early 2000 and has been certified Gold by the RIAA.

Content

The song is an up-tempo in the key of B-flat major, with a vocal range from B♭3 to F5.^[2] It describes the narrator who is working at a farm, driving a tractor "in the hot summer sun". He describes himself as being attractive to a female, who "thinks [his] tractor's sexy".

Music video

The music video was directed by Martin Kahan.

Chart performance

"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" first charted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart as an album cut, reaching number 72 on the week of June 26, 1999.^[3] It re-entered the charts at number 75 on the week of August 14, 1999, then fell out and re-entered again at number 74 on September 4. Its last re-entry was at number 67 on September 25, 1999, spending a total of twenty-one weeks on the U.S. country chart and peaking at number 11.

Chart (1999-2000)	Peak position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4]	11
US Billboard Hot 100[5]	74
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	20

"My Cellmate Thinks I'm Sexy"

Cledus T. Judd parodied the song as "My Cellmate Thinks I'm Sexy" on his 2000 album Just Another Day in Parodies. This parody referenced Chesney's and Tim McGraw's June 2000 arrests after stealing a Mounted Reserve deputy's horse.^[6] Released as a single late that year, Judd's parody reached #61 on the country charts.

Use in media

This song is used in the Rock Band Country Track Pack.

References

1. ^ "RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for singles by Kenny Chesney". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Kenny%20Chesney&format=SINGLE&go=Search&perPage=50. Retrieved 2009-01-06. 
2. ^ Contemporary Country (1 ed.). Hal Leonard Corporation. 1999. pp. 223–229. ISBN 0-634-91594-x. 
3. ^ "Billboard search results — June 26, 1999". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=357&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Country+Songs&ci=3034408&cdi=7453714&cid=06%2F26%2F1999. Retrieved 2009-01-06. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Kenny Chesney Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Country Songs for Kenny Chesney. Prometheus Global Media.
5. ^ "Kenny Chesney Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Kenny Chesney. Prometheus Global Media.
6. ^ Rush, Diane Sams (2000-09-17). "Yoakam headlines triple country threat". Wichita Eagle. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WE&s_site=kansas&p_multi=WE&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADB22C25D915EA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-01-06.