Released August 29, 1994 | Format CD single Length 3:40 | |
B-side "End of My Pirate Days" | ||
"Shut Up and Kiss Me" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released in August 1994 as the first single from her album Stones in the Road. The song became her only Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts; it also peaked at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song features Lee Roy Parnell accompanying on slide guitar, Benmont Tench on piano and Trisha Yearwood providing backing vocals. The song also won Carpenter a Grammy Award in 1995 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Music video
The music video was directed by Michael Salomon and premiered in late 1994. It features Mary Chapin Carpenter wearing a black shirt and white pants singing the song with a band in her room, and a resting dog. Lee Roy Parnell also appeared in the video doing the guitar solo.