| Shut Up and Kiss Me | |
| Cover: | Shut up and kiss me.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| Album: | Stones in the Road |
| B-Side: | "End of My Pirate Days"[1] |
| Released: | August 29, 1994 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:40 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Prev Title: | I Take My Chances |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Tender When I Want to Be |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
"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]
The music video for "Shut Up and Kiss Me" was directed by Michael Salomon, and premiered in late 1994. The music video features Mary Chapin Carpenter features the singer in a black shirt and white pants. She is singing the song with a band in a studio, while a dog sleeps nearby. Lee Roy Parnell also appears in the video for "Shut Up and Kiss Me" by Mary Chapin Carpenter. He plays the guitar solo on a TV monitor.