(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing

Infobox Single
Name = (This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing


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Artist = Trace Adkins
from Album = Dreamin' Out Loud
Released = January 21, 1997
Format = CD Single
Recorded = 1996
Genre = Country
Length = 4:02
Label = Capitol
Writer = Tim Nichols, Mark D. Sanders
Producer = Scott Hendricks
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Last single = "Every Light in the House"
(1996)
This single = "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing"
(1997)
Next single = "I Left Something Turned On at Home"
(1997)
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"(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" is a single by country music singer Trace Adkins. Released as the third single released from his debut album, "Dreamin' Out Loud", the single reached the top of the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, marking his first Number One single as an artist. The single was also Adkins' only "Billboard" Number One single until 2007, when he topped the country charts a second time with "Ladies Love Country Boys".

Content

Set at a moderate tempo and in the key of A minor, "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" begins with a pedal steel guitar solo, punctuated by piano and fiddle flourishes. Its lyrics are the narrator's attempt to explain that the love felt between him and his partner is not of a cerebral nature, but rather "a chemical, physical, emotional devotion / Passion that we can't hold back".

Music video

The music video for this song features Adkins singing the song with a band at a concert.

Chart performance

This song debuted at #44 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated January 25, 1997. Having charted for 20 weeks on that chart, it also became his first Number One single on the country chart dated April 5, 1997.

Charts

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYIzs37gFzk Music video at YouTube]