Ain't Back Yet
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{{Infobox song
| name = Ain't Back Yet
| cover = aintbackyet.jpg
| alt =
| B-side = "This Is Our Moment"
| type = single
| artist = Kenny Chesney
| album = Greatest Hits II
| released = {{Start date|2010|02|22}}
| recorded = 2009
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length =
- {{Duration|m=4|s=1}} (album version)
- {{Duration|m=3|s=45}} (single edit)
| label = BNA
| writer =
| producer =
- Buddy Cannon
- Kenny Chesney
| prev_title = I'm Alive
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = The Boys of Fall
| next_year = 2010
}}
"Ain't Back Yet" is a song written by Craig Wiseman and Chris Tompkins and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. The song is included on a re-issue of Chesney's 2009 compilation album Greatest Hits II,{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1631675/kenny-chesney-adds-two-new-tracks-to-greatest-hits-ii.jhtml|title=Kenny Chesney adds two new tracks to Greatest Hits II|date=February 10, 2010|work=CMT|access-date=February 22, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100214120012/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1631675/kenny-chesney-adds-two-new-tracks-to-greatest-hits-ii.jhtml| archive-date= February 14, 2010 | url-status= dead}} and was released as the album's third and final single in February 2010. The song is also played during the end credits to Chesney's 2010 film Summer in 3D. The song peaked at number 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Critical reception
The song has received mixed reviews from music critics. Matt Bjorke of Roughstock said that the song "isn't the Buffett-like country tune" but "fits Kenny Chesney like a glove", as it "details quite a bit about what his life has been like since he became that touring musician."{{cite web|url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/kenny-chesney-ain-t-back-yet- |title=Kenny Chesney – "Ain't Back Yet" |last=Bjorke |first=Matt |work=Roughstock |date=February 10, 2010 |access-date=February 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216124025/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/kenny-chesney-ain-t-back-yet- |archive-date=February 16, 2010 }} Juli Thanki of Engine 145 gave it a "thumbs down", saying that it "sounds like a second rate Jason Aldean song" with an "average vocal performance and bland lyric."{{Cite web |url=http://www.engine145.com/kenny-chesney-aint-back-yet/ |title=Engine 145: Kenny Chesney – "Ain't Back Yet" |access-date=December 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218070740/http://www.engine145.com/kenny-chesney-aint-back-yet/ |archive-date=December 18, 2014 |url-status=usurped |df=mdy-all }}
Music video
The accompanying music video for this song was directed by Shaun Silva and Joe Thomas (the director of "Summer In 3D".) It features Chesney performing in concert and shows home videos from his past tours.
Chart performance
On the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts for the week of February 27, 2010, the song debuted at number 23, and peaked at number 3 in May 2010. On the Canadian Hot 100 charts for the week of April 3, 2010, the song debuted at number 88.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=kenny chesney|chart=Country Songs}}]Billboard Hot Country Songs – February 27, 2010
The song's B-side, "This Is Our Moment", charted for seven weeks on Hot Country Songs, peaking at 46 in early 2010.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2017|pages=80–81|isbn=978-0-89820-229-8}}
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Weekly chart performance for "Ain't Back Yet" !scope="col"|Chart (2010) !scope="col"|Peak |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|3|artist=Kenny Chesney|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|50|artist=Kenny Chesney|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadacountry|2|artist=Kenny Chesney|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Canada|72|artist=Kenny Chesney|rowheader=true}} |
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Year-end chart performance for "Ain't Back Yet" !scope="col"|Chart (2010) !scope="col"|Position |
| scope="row"| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2010: Country Songs | work=Billboard | year=2010 | access-date=December 13, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101211104551/http://www.billboard.com/| archive-date= December 11, 2010 | url-status= live}}
| align="center" | 33 |
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References
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Category:Songs written by Chris Tompkins
Category:Songs written by Craig Wiseman
Category:Music videos directed by Shaun Silva