That Ain't My Truck

{{Infobox song

| name = That Ain't My Truck

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| B-side = "Same Ol' Story"{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=18|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}

| released = May 1, 1995

| recorded = 1994

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 4:03

| label = Decca Nashville

| writer = Rhett Akins
Tom Shapiro
Chris Waters

| producer = Mark Wright

| prev_title = I Brake for Brunettes

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = She Said Yes

| next_year = 1995

}}

"That Ain't My Truck" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rhett Akins. It was released in May 1995 as the third single from his debut album A Thousand Memories. The song spent 21 weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, peaking at number 3 in mid-1995. It also reached number 7 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. It was written by Akins, Tom Shapiro and Chris Waters.

Content

The song is an up-tempo in which the narrator ends up on the losing end of a relationship. His significant other chooses another guy to continue a relationship with and the narrator knows this by driving by her house and seeing another man's truck in her driveway.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that the song "sounds like a winner".Billboard, May 20, 1995

Music video

The music video was directed by Mary Newman-Said and premiered in mid 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/rhett-akins/384795/that-aint-my-truck.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109121334/http://www.cmt.com/videos/rhett-akins/384795/that-aint-my-truck.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 9, 2009|title="That Ain't My Truck" video|work=CMT|accessdate=16 September 2010}} The video was filmed around Tucson, Arizona.

Chart performance

"That Ain't My Truck" debuted at number 65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 13, 1995.

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!align="left"|Chart (1995)

!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=nlc008388.2838&type=1&interval=24\|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995\|work=RPM\|date=December 18, 1995\|accessdate=July 21, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 80
US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine \| url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/hot-country-songs\| title=Best of 1995: Country Songs \| magazine=Billboard \| publisher=Prometheus Global Media \| date=1995\| accessdate=July 21, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 61

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scope="col"|Chart (1995)

!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=nlc008388.2838&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995|work=RPM|date=December 18, 1995|accessdate=July 21, 2013}}

| align="center" | 80

US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1995: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1995| accessdate=July 21, 2013}}

| align="center" | 61

References

Category:1995 singles

Category:1995 songs

Category:Rhett Akins songs

Category:Songs written by Rhett Akins

Category:Songs written by Tom Shapiro

Category:Songs written by Chris Waters

Category:Decca Records singles

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

Category:Songs about cars

Category:Songs about heartache