She Only Smokes When She Drinks

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"She Only Smokes When She Drinks"
File:Joe Nichols - She Only Smokes When She Drinks.png
Single by Joe Nichols
from the album Man with a Memory
B-side"Joe's Place"[1]
ReleasedApril 28, 2003
GenreCountry
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LabelUniversal South
Songwriter(s)Connie Harrington
Tim Nichols
Tony Martin
Producer(s)Brent Rowan
Script error: No such module "String2". singles chronology
"Brokenheartsville"
(2002) 		"She Only Smokes When She Drinks"
(2003) 		"Cool to Be a Fool"
(2003)

"She Only Smokes When She Drinks" is a song written by Connie Harrington, Tim Nichols, and Tony Martin and recorded by American country music singer Joe Nichols. It was released in April 2003 as the third single from his 2002 album Man with a Memory. The song peaked at number 17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart and also reached number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

Content

The protagonist is a bartender. A young man asks him for advice, having been asked to light a cigarette by a woman he wishes to approach. The protagonist replies that the gesture means little because knowing the woman as a regular patron, she only comes to the bar to take her mind off men who have done her wrong.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying Rowan's production is "simple and understated, letting Nichols' smokey baritone paint the portrait of a 'complicated girl...who ain't that hard to figure out."[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Morgan Lawley and premiered in early 2003.

Chart performance

"She Only Smokes When She Drinks" debuted at number 58 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of May 3, 2003.

Chart (2003) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] Template:Single chart/chartnote 72
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] Template:Single chart/chartnote 17

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 299. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. ↑ Billboard, May 3, 2003
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "WLink"./chart-history/HSI "Joe Nichols Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "WLink"./chart-history/CSI "Joe Nichols Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2011.


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