"When You Kiss Me"
Single by Shania Twain
from the album Up!
B-side
ReleasedNovember 10, 2003
Recorded2002
Genre
Length4:08
LabelMercury Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Shania Twain singles chronology
"She's Not Just a Pretty Face"
(2003) 		"When You Kiss Me"
(2003) 		"It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing"
(2004)
Music video
"When You Kiss Me" on YouTube

"When You Kiss Me" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was released as the seventh single from her fourth studio album Up! (2002) on November 10, 2003, exclusively to Europe and Australia, although its music video was later released to the US. The song was written by Twain and her then-husband Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Twain described on several occasions that "When You Kiss Me" is her favorite ballad off Up!.

The song underperformed due to Twain cancelling many live appearances, only entering the top ten in Portugal. It was the only non-single from the album to chart on the Billboard Country Chart in the United States; although, the music video was later released to Country Music Television. In the British Isles, "When You Kiss Me" was released as a double A-side with "Up!". Twain performed the song on the Up! Tour.

Critical reception

"When You Kiss Me" was received positively by critics. About.com compared it to "You're Still the One" and complimented the "stupendous mandolin and steel guitar textures overlaid by a wonderful chorus lyric".[1]

Music video

The "When You Kiss Me" video

The music video for "When You Kiss Me" was shot in Takapuna, New Zealand by director Paul Boyd. It was shot around the same time as "Forever and for Always" in March 2003. It was originally released in Europe on October 17, 2003 and then in North America during the summer of 2004, to replace the video for "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing". Two versions of the video exist, one which is called the 'One-Take Version' is solely of Twain on a beach at night, with the camera only taking "one take". The main version is of Shania being filmed in a house, on a boat and on the beach by a young male. Both videos were filmed in black and white. The 'One-Take Version' is available on select CD singles and the DVD single.

Chart performance

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, "When You Kiss Me" was released as a double A-side single with "Up!". On November 23, 2003 it debuted at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart, making it her lowest-peaking single at the time. It only spent five weeks on the chart.[2] In Ireland, the song debuted at number 41 on November 20 then fell off the chart the next week.[3] Although the double A-side underperformed in the British Isles, "When You Kiss Me" managed to hit number four in Portugal and make the top 40 in Germany and Austria. The lower than usual peaks can be attributed to Twain's health, as she had to cancel several promotional performances since at the time she was sick.[4] When Up! was released in 2002, "When You Kiss Me" gained enough album play to reach number 60 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, making it her first single to miss the top 20 since "Rock This Country!" (2000). It is also her only single from Up! to miss the Top 20 and her least-successful single (released in the US) on the chart to date.

Track listings

These are the formats for the major releases.

Official versions

Charts

Chart (2003–2004) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 47
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 32
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 30
Ireland (IRMA)[3]
with "Up!" 		41
Portugal (AFP)[8] 4
Scotland (OCC)[9]
with "Up!" 		20
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 47
UK Singles (OCC)[2]
with "Up!" 		21
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[11] 60

Release history

Release dates and formats for "When You Kiss Me"
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Germany November 10, 2003 CD single Mercury [12]
United Kingdom November 17, 2003
[13]

References

  1. ^ "CD Review: Up - Shania Twain - By Matt Bjorke". Countrymusic.about.com. July 19, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Irish-charts.com – Discography Shania Twain". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  4. ^ [1] Archived June 21, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Shania Twain – When You Kiss Me". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  6. ^ "Shania Twain – When You Kiss Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  7. ^ "Shania Twain – When You Kiss Me" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  8. ^ "Hits of the World – Portugal" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 11. March 13, 2004. p. 67. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  9. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  10. ^ "Shania Twain – When You Kiss Me". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  11. ^ "Shania Twain Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  12. ^ "When You Kiss Me". Amazon Germany.
  13. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. November 15, 2003. p. 29.
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