Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)

Album

Come On Over

Label

Mercury Nashville

Genre

Country pop

Composer(s)

Robert John Lange;Shania Twain

Entered Chart

Dec 6, 1997

Peak Date

Jan 10, 1998

Released

November 11, 1997

Recorded

Studio Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)

Catalog #

Mercury (Nashville) 568242

B-Side

"You've Got a Way"

In June 1997, Twain held auditions for clog dancers. In August 1997, it was reported that Larry Jordan would be directing the music video, which Twain confirmed herself in early October 1997. From October 18 to 19 of that year, the music video was shot and it debuted on November 12, 1997 on CMT. The video is set on a stage that is covered in water, and Twain is accompanied by backup Irish dancers following the Riverdance trend of the time and children playing fiddles. By the end of the video, the sprinklers come on, and everyone, including Twain and the Riverdancers, are soaked. "Don't Be Stupid" won the Video of the Year award at the 1998 Canadian Country Music Awards.[2] Three versions of the video exist, the 'Original Album Version', and one released in Europe in 2000 of the 'Dance Mix Single' are the most common. The 'Original Album Version' is available on Twain's compilations Come On Over: Video Collection (1999) and The Platinum Collection (2001). The 'Dance Mix' version is available on iTunes and YouTube.

erhaps inspired by the Rednex version of "Cotton Eye Joe," Shania Twain brings fiddles and dance beats together in "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)," a song where she assures her man that her heart belongs to only him. It sounds like this guy has some jealousy issues: He looks on when she reads her mail and gives her the third degree when she gets off the phone. Twain wrote this song with her producer/husband Mutt Lange. He pursued Shania after hearing her 1993 debut album, which underperformed but showed her potential as a performer. By the end of 1993, they were married, and in 1995 Twain released her second album, The Woman In Me, which was produced by Lange. Unlike her debut, Twain participated in the songwriting, composing the tracks with Lange, whose previous clients include Def Leppard and Loverboy. It was a runaway hit, introducing a new, more authentic Shania with attitude to spare. Come On Over pulled her a little further from her country music roots but was even more successful. "Don't Be Stupid" was one of 11 singles from the album, and one of eight that entered the Hot 100, demonstrating Twain's immense crossover appeal. Shania does a little Irish step dancing in the video, with was directed by Larry Jordan. She made a lot of videos and tried to mix up the concepts. Riverdance was big at the time, so the Irish step dancing was on trend. This was one of Shania Twain's biggest hits in Europe, especially in the UK, where it went to #5. Her previous album wasn't promoted in Europe because country music didn't do very well there and she needed to focus her efforts on America and Canada. But with Come On Over, she was ready to conquer the continent. She did press there in 1998 and toured there in 1999. Twain knew she would have to work to win over this new audience, and she did: the Come On Over went global and made her a worldwide superstar.

Cool, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah

You're so complicated, you hang over my shoulder
When I read my mail
I don't appreciate it
When I talk to other guys
You think they're on my tail

I get so aggravated when I get off the phone
And I get the third degree
I'm really feelin' frustrated
Why don't you take a pill
And put a little trust in me
And you'll see

Don't freak out until you know the facts
Relax

Don't be stupid, you know I love you
Don't be ridiculous, you know I need you
Don't be absurd, you know I want you
Don't be impossible

I'm mad about you (I'm mad about you)
I can't live without you (I can't live without you)
I'm crazy 'bout you (I'm crazy 'bout you)
So don't be stupid, you know I love you

Stop overreacting
You even get suspicious when I paint my nails
It's definitely distracting
The way you dramatize every little small detail

Don't freak out until you know the facts
Relax, Max

Don't be stupid, you know I love you
Don't be ridiculous, you know I need you
Don't be absurd, you know I want you
Don't be impossible
I'm mad about you (I'm mad about you)
I can't live without you (can't live without you)
I'm crazy 'bout you (I'm crazy 'bout you)
Don't be stupid, you know I love you

Don't be stupid, you're my baby

I'm mad about you (I'm mad about you)
I can't live without you (I can't live without you)
I'm crazy 'bout you (I'm crazy 'bout you)
Don't be stupid, you know I love you
Don't be ridiculous, you know I need you
Don't be absurd, you know I want you
Don't be impossible, impossible oh no no no
Don't be, don't be, don't be a baby
Don't be particular, no no oh, don't be stupid