| She's Not Just a Pretty Face | |
| Cover: | She's Not Just a Pretty Face.jpg |
| Caption: | US promo CD cover |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Shania Twain |
| Album: | Up! |
| Released: | October 6, 2003 |
| Label: | Mercury Nashville |
| Producer: | Robert John "Mutt" Lange |
| Prev Title: | Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon) |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | When You Kiss Me |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
"She's Not Just a Pretty Face" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country pop artist Shania Twain, recorded for her fourth studio album Up! (2002). It was released as the album's sixth single on October 6, 2003; the fourth released to country radio. Twain wrote the song with then-husband Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who also produced it.
"She's Not Just a Pretty Face" peaked at number 9 on the Hot Country Songs chart. It was nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 2005 Grammy Awards. The song was performed on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the 2003 CMA Awards, and the 2003 Billboard Music Awards. Twain also performed "She's Not Just a Pretty Face" on her Up! Tour and again in 2023 as part of a throwback medley on her Queen of Me Tour.
The song is performed in the key of E major in common time with a tempo of 100 beats per minute. Twain's vocals span from B3 to C5 in the song.[1] [2]
Billboard magazine called the song an "ultra-lightweight country-girl power anthem" as well as "exquisite country pop".[3]
The music video for "She's Not Just a Pretty Face" was taken directly from Twain's 2003 NBC special Up! Live in Chicago, filmed on July 27, 2003, and directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller. It debuted to CMT on November 9, 2003, to promote the concert DVD.[4] The video is available on the European enhanced CD single, and the performance can be seen on the Up! Live in Chicago DVD.
"She's Not Just a Pretty Face" debuted on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on October 11, 2003, at number 55. It reached its peak position of number 9 the week of January 10, 2004, and stayed 20 weeks on the chart.
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Europe CD Single
| Chart (2003–2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Romania (Romanian Top 100)[6] | 38 |
| Russia Airplay (TopHit)[7] | 79 |
| Chart (2003) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| CIS (Tophit)[8] | 143 | |
| Russia Airplay (TopHit)[9] | 119 | |
| Chart (2004) | Position | |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10] | 58 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | October 6, 2003 | Country radio | Mercury | [11] | |
| Russia | November 25, 2003 | Contemporary hit radio | Universal | [12] | |
| United Kingdom | 5 April 2004 (cancelled) | CD single | Mercury | [13] |