Don't Get Me Started

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{{Infobox song

| name = Don't Get Me Started

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Rhett Akins

| album = Somebody New

| B-side = "I Was Wrong"

| released = March 26, 1996

| recorded = 1995

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 3:22

| label = Decca Nashville

| writer = {{hlist|Rhett Akins|Sam Hogin|Mark D. Sanders}}

| producer = Mark Wright

| prev_title = She Said Yes

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Love You Back

| next_year = 1996

}}

"Don't Get Me Started" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rhett Akins. It was released in March 1996 as the lead single from Akins' Somebody New album, it is also Akins' only number one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=18|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} The song also peaked at number 3 on the RPM Country Tracks in Canada. Akins, Sam Hogin, and Mark D. Sanders wrote it.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that while the song had the potential to "descend into sticky sweetness", the "earnestness in Akins' vocals elevates the song and makes this a thoroughly enjoyable outing."Billboard, March 23, 1996

Chart performance

"Don't Get Me Started" debuted at number 65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of March 30, 1996. It spent 21 weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts.

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!align="left"|Chart (1996)

!align="center"|Peak
position

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=Year-end charts=

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Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web\|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9734&type=1&interval=24\|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996\|work=RPM\|date=December 16, 1996\|accessdate=July 20, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 95
US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web \| url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/hot-country-songs\| title=Best of 1996: Country Songs \| work=Billboard \| publisher=Prometheus Global Media \| year=1996\| accessdate=July 20, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 34

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scope="col"|Chart (1996)

!scope="col"|Position

Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9734&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996|work=RPM|date=December 16, 1996|accessdate=July 20, 2013}}

| align="center" | 95

US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1996: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | year=1996| accessdate=July 20, 2013}}

| align="center" | 34

References

Category:1996 singles

Category:1996 songs

Category:Rhett Akins songs

Category:Songs written by Rhett Akins

Category:Songs written by Mark D. Sanders

Category:Decca Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer)

Category:Songs written by Sam Hogin