Guys Do It All the Time
1996 single by Mindy McCready
"Guys Do It All the Time" is a song by American country music artist Mindy McCready, released as the second single from her debut studio album Ten Thousand Angels (1996) on June 24, 1996 via BNA Records. The track was written by Bobby Whiteside and Kim Tribble.
The track was a huge hit and became McCready's only number one single, hitting the top of the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of September 14, 1996. The track also became her only chart entry on the Billboard Hot 100, hitting number 72. It was later re-recorded on her fifth and final studio album I'm Still Here (2010) along with "Ten Thousand Angels".
Content
Regarded as a feminist anthem, "Guys Do It All the Time" is a song about the female narrator doing things that guys normally do, like getting home late and using money to wash her truck instead of mowing the front yard, and using it against them, explaining how women should need actual reasons, not excuses. It is performed in the key of C major with a metronome of 84.
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that its "infectious, uptempo groove and clever lyric should ensure repeated play." She goes on to call McCready's voice "likeable" and says that she "delivers this song about turning the tables on men with sassy style." Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe said "its role reversal storyline is coated with just enough sugar from McCready’s twangy performance to make its cutting gender commentary go down smoothly."
Chart performance
"Guys Do It All the Time" debuted at number 71 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of June 8, 1996, due to unsolicited play as an album track. It quickly rose up the chart and rose to the top on September 14, displacing Rick Trevino's "Learning as You Go". It spent one week before getting displaced by Bryan White's "So Much for Pretending".
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