That Ain't My Truck Explained

That Ain't My Truck
Type:single
Artist:Rhett Akins
Album:A Thousand Memories
B-Side:"Same Ol' Story"[1]
Released:May 1, 1995
Recorded:1994
Genre:Country
Length:4:03
Label:Decca Nashville
Producer:Mark Wright
Prev Title:I Brake for Brunettes
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:She Said Yes
Next Year:1995

"That Ain't My Truck" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rhett Akins. It was released in May 1995 as the third single from his debut album A Thousand Memories. The song spent 21 weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, peaking at number 3 in mid-1995.[1] It also reached number 7 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. It was written by Akins, Tom Shapiro and Chris Waters.

Content

The song is an up-tempo in which the narrator ends up on the losing end of a relationship. His significant other chooses another guy to continue a relationship with and the narrator knows this by driving by her house and seeing another man's truck in her driveway.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that the song "sounds like a winner".[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Mary Newman-Said and premiered in mid 1995.[3] The video was filmed around Tucson, Arizona.

Chart performance

"That Ain't My Truck" debuted at number 65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 13, 1995.

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 80
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 61

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 18. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Billboard, May 20, 1995
  3. Web site: "That Ain't My Truck" video. https://web.archive.org/web/20091109121334/http://www.cmt.com/videos/rhett-akins/384795/that-aint-my-truck.jhtml. dead. November 9, 2009. CMT. 16 September 2010.
  4. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995. RPM. December 18, 1995. July 21, 2013.
  5. Best of 1995: Country Songs . . . 1995. July 21, 2013.