| Kiss This | |
| Cover: | Kiss This promotional single label.jpg |
| Caption: | Label of the 7" promotional single |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Aaron Tippin |
| Album: | People Like Us |
| B-Side: | People Like Us |
| Released: | May 22, 2000 |
| Recorded: | 2000 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:53 |
| Label: | Lyric Street |
| Producer: | Aaron Tippin, Biff Watson, Mike Bradley |
| Prev Title: | What This Country Needs |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | People Like Us |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
"Kiss This" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Aaron Tippin. It was released in May 2000 as the first single from his album People Like Us. The song, written by Tippin with his wife, Thea, and Phillip Douglas, became his third and final Number One on the Billboard country charts,[1] five years after his last Number One, "That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You" in 1995, as well as the first Number One for the Lyric Street Records label, the label that Tippin was signed to at the time.
The song's protagonist is a woman who found out her former lover has been cheating on her, and getting revenge on him. It is in a 4/4 time signature and the key of B major, with an approximate tempo of 116 beats per minute. Tippin's vocal ranges two octaves, from F3 to F5.[2] It features backing vocals from Melodie Crittenden, Kim Parent, and Joanna Janét. Tippin's wife, Thea, with whom he wrote the song, can be heard saying "See ya!" at the end.[3]
The music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy, and premiered on CMT on May 26, 2000, where CMT named it a "Hot Shot".
The song debuted at number 70 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated May 27, 2000. It charted for 33 weeks on that chart, and reached number-one on the chart dated October 14, 2000, remaining at the top for two weeks, and becoming Tippin's third and final number-one single.[1] It also peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100.