Shut Up and Drive (Chely Wright song)

Shut Up and Drive is the title of a song written by Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate and Sam Tate, and recorded by American country music singer Chely Wright. It was the first single from her 1997 album Let Me In, her first album for MCA Nashville. The song brought Wright to the country top 40 for the first time, with a peak of #14 on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs).



Critical reception


Brian Wahlert of Country Standard Time described the song favorably in his review of the album, saying that it "simmers with a combination of sympathy and quiet urgency until Wright wails demandingly on the chorus, 'I'm the voice you never listen to/And I had to break your heart to make you see.'"


Music video


The music video was directed by Charley Randazzo and premiered in mid-1997.





Chart positions


With its #14 peak on the U.S. country singles charts, "Shut Up and Drive" is Wright's first top 40 country hit.
Chart (1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 14
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 12
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 21