You Better Think Twice

1995 single by Vince Gill

"You Better Think Twice"

Single by Vince Gill

from the album When Love Finds You

B-side

"A Real Lady's Man"

Released

May 8, 1995

Recorded

1994

Genre

Country

Length

3:28

Label

MCA

Songwriter(s)

Vince Gill, Reed Nielsen

Producer(s)

Tony Brown

Vince Gill singles chronology

"Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)"
(1995)

"You Better Think Twice"
(1995)

"Go Rest High on That Mountain"
(1995)

"You Better Think Twice" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in May 1995 as the fifth single from the album When Love Finds You. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, behind Shania Twain's "Any Man of Mine".^[1] It was written by Gill and Reed Nielsen.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that Gill continues to "pump out solid, if somewhat predictable, material like this guitar fueled country-rocker."^[2]

Personnel

Compiled from the liner notes.^[3]

Barry Beckett – piano additions
Vince Gill – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, electric guitar solo
John Barlow Jarvis – piano
Jonell Mosser – backing vocals
Steve Nathan – Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer
Tom Roady – percussion
Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar
Steuart Smith – electric guitar
Billy Thomas – backing vocals
Carlos Vega – drums
Pete Wasner – keyboards

Chart performance

"You Better Think Twice" debuted at number 63 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 13, 1995.

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[6]	17
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	8

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 136.
^ Billboard, October 6, 2001
^ When Love Finds You (CD). Vince Gill. MCA Records. 1994. MCD 11078.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 8495." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 7, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
^ "Vince Gill Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995". RPM. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
^ "Best of 1995: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.