She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy

"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"
Single by Kenny Chesney
from the album Everywhere We Go
B-side "What I Need to Do"
Released October 4, 1999
Format CD single, 7" 45 RPM
Recorded 1999
Genre Country
Length 4:08
Label BNA 65964
Writer(s) Jim Collins
Paul Overstreet
Producer(s) Buddy Cannon
Norro Wilson
Kenny Chesney singles chronology
"You Had Me from Hello"
(1999)
"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"
(1999)
"What I Need to Do"
(2000)

"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" is a song written by Jim Collins and Paul Overstreet, and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in October 1999 as the third single from his album Everywhere We Go. The song peaked at number 11 in early 2000 and has been certified Gold by the RIAA.

Content

The song is an uptempo in the key of B-flat major with a vocal range from B♭3 to F5.[1] It describes the narrator who is working at a farm, driving a tractor "in the hot summer sun". He describes himself as being attractive to a female who "thinks [his] tractor's sexy".

Music video

The music video was directed by Martin Kahan.

Chart performance

"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" first charted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart as an album cut, reaching number 72 on the week of June 26, 1999.[2] It re-entered the charts at number 75 on the week of August 14, 1999, then fell out and re-entered again at number 74 on September 4. Its last re-entry was at number 67 on September 25, 1999, spending a total of 21 weeks on the U.S. country chart and peaking at number 11.

Chart (1999–2000) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 20
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 74
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 11

"My Cellmate Thinks I'm Sexy"

Cledus T. Judd parodied the song as "My Cellmate Thinks I'm Sexy" on his 2000 album Just Another Day in Parodies. This parody referenced Chesney's and Tim McGraw's June 2000 arrests after stealing a Mounted Reserve deputy's horse.[6] Released as a single late that year, Judd's parody reached number 61 on the country charts.

Use in media

This song is used in the Rock Band Country Track Pack.

References

  1. Contemporary Country (1 ed.). Hal Leonard Corporation. 1999. pp. 223–229. ISBN 0-634-01594-X.
  2. "Billboard search results — June 26, 1999". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9989." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 24, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  4. "Kenny Chesney – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Kenny Chesney.
  5. "Kenny Chesney – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Kenny Chesney.
  6. Rush, Diane Sams (2000-09-17). "Yoakam headlines triple country threat". Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
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