Don't Get Me Started

This article is about the 1996 song. For the 1994 film, see Don't Get Me Started (film). For the 2003 song, see Don't Get Me Started (Jess song).

"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.^[1] The song also peaked at number 3 on the RPM Country Tracks in Canada. Akins, Sam Hogin, and Mark D. Sanders wrote it.

"Don't Get Me Started"
Single by Rhett Akins
from the album Somebody New
B-side	"I Was Wrong"^[1]
Released	March 26, 1996
Recorded	1995
Genre	Country
Length	3:22
Label	Decca Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Rhett Akins Sam Hogin Mark D. Sanders
Producer(s)	Mark Wright
Rhett Akins singles chronology
"She Said Yes" (1995) "Don't Get Me Started" (1996) "Love You Back" (1996)

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."^[2]

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.

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	95
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	34

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
2. Billboard, March 23, 1996
3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3030." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 15, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
4. "Rhett Akins Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
5. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
6. "Best of 1996: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.