You're Beginning to Get to Me

"You're Beginning to Get to Me"
Single by Clay Walker
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side"Lose Your Memory"
ReleasedAugust 25, 1998[1]
Recorded1998
GenreCountry
Length2:41
LabelGiant
Songwriter(s)Aaron Barker, Tom Shapiro
Producer(s)James Stroud
Clay Walker singles chronology
"Ordinary People"
(1998)
"You're Beginning to Get to Me"
(1998)
"She's Always Right"
(1999)

"You're Beginning to Get to Me" is a song written by Tom Shapiro and Aaron Barker, and recorded by American country music singer Clay Walker. Released in August 1998, it was the second and final single from his Greatest Hits compilation album. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart (now knowns as Hot Country Songs).

Critical reception

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Tara Seetharam of Country Universe listed "You're Beginning to Get to Me" as the 302nd best country single of the 1990s and wrote, "In his catalogue of fabulous 90s hits, this understated “love” song gets overshadowed by some of the more distinct ones, but it’s nonetheless memorable."[2]

Chart performance

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The song debuted at number 63 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated August 22, 1998. It charted for 27 weeks on that chart, and peaked at number 2 on the chart dated January 2, 1999 (having been blocked from Number One by Terri Clark's "You're Easy on the Eyes", another song co-written by Tom Shapiro.) In addition, it entered the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 39 on that chart.

References

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  1. ^ "CMT.com : Clay Walker : You're Beginning to Get to Me [CD5/Cassette Single]". Archived from the original on 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  2. ^ Seetharam, Tara Country Universe 400 Greatest Singles of the Nineties: #325-#301 July 14, 2010
  3. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6992." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 11, 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  4. ^ "Clay Walker Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Clay Walker Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Best of 1999: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.