About The Song
“Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?” is a song by Canadian country music singer Shania Twain. The song was written by Twain and her then husband Robert John “Mutt” Lange, who also produced the single; it was the first single released under what would be a decade-long collaboration between the two. Mercury Nashville released the song on January 2, 1995 to country radio as the lead single from her second studio album The Woman in Me (1995).
Following the commercial failure of her self-titled debut album (1993), Twain had nearly been dropped from her label. After seeing the video for “What Made You Say That” on CMT Europe, Mutt Lange, who had been wanting to move in a country direction after producing massively success rock albums for artists like AC/DC and Def Leppard, came into contact with her and the two began talking hours on the phone, with Twain singing him original songs and Lange offering to produce her album. They later met six months later in June 1993 at the CMA Music Festival and by December of that year, the two had gotten married.
“Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?” is a song lyrically about a woman confronting her partner cheating on her, asking who he has been with. The song itself received highly positive reviews and has retrospectively been reviewed as one of Twain’s best singles. The song was Twain’s first successful single, which was the opposite of her last song “You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me”, which completely failed to chart. After noticing high amounts of the album selling, radio stations began playing the song into heavy rotation. The song rose as high as number eleven on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart (then known as “Hot Country Singles & Tracks) and became a number one country hit in Canada; the song became Twain’s first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was released as a double a-side single with her later single “Any Man of Mine” in June 1995, reaching number 31. By August 1995, the single was certified Gold for 500,000 copies, making it Twain’s first single to be certified by the RIAA. The song later won the SOCAN Song of the Year award at the Canadian Country Music Awards in 1995.
The music video for “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?” was shot in Santa Ynez, California and directed by John Derek. It was filmed on December 19, 20 and 21, 1994 and released on January 2, 1995, on CMT. The video features Twain wearing a red dress, walking around in a smoky restaurant in the country. She interacts with various men in the restaurant, but she is invisible to them. These scenes are intercut with shots of her singing and playing guitar outside the restaurant. The video is available on Twain’s DVD The Platinum Collection.
Billboard magazine praised Twain’s “velvety vocals” and the “neat production twists” on the song. Music & Media wrote, “Ways to be jealous get new elan from lyrics only cowgirls can sing with so much rivalry in their voice. Dance remixer Brian Tankersly puts the forceful kick into the boots.”
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Lyrics
Whose bed have your boots been under?
Whose bed have your boots been under?
And whose heart did you steal I wonder?
This time did it feel like thunder, baby?
Whose bed have your boots been under?
Don’t look so lonely, don’t act so blue
I know I’m not the only girl you run to
I know about Lolita, your little Spanish flame
I’ve seen you around with Rita, the redhead down the lane
Whose bed have your boots been under?
And whose heart did you steal I wonder?
This time did it feel like thunder, baby?
And who did you run to?
And whose lips have you been kissin’?
And whose ear did you make a wish in?
Is she the one that you’ve been missin’, baby?
Well whose bed have your boots been under?
I heard you’ve been sneakin’ around with Jill
And what about that weekend with Beverly Hill
And I’ve seen you walkin’ with long legs Louise
And you weren’t just talkin’ last night with Denise
Whose bed have your boots been under?
And whose heart did you steal I wonder?
This time did it feel like thunder, baby?
And who did you run to?
And whose lips have you been kissin’?
And whose ear did you make a wish in?
Is she the one that you’ve been missin’, baby?
Well whose bed have your boots been under?
Come on boots
Oh yeah
Bring it boys
So next time you’re lonely don’t call on me
Try the operator, maybe she’ll be free
Whose bed have your boots been under?
And whose heart did you steal I wonder?
This time did it feel like thunder?
Whose bed have your boots been under?
And whose heart did you steal I wonder?
And this time did it feel like thunder, baby?
And who did you run to?
And whose lips have you been kissin’?
And whose ear did you make a wish in?
Is she the one that you’ve been missin’, baby?
Well whose bed have your boots been under?
I wanna know whose bed, baby
Whose bed, whose bed
Oh oh baby (whose bed, whose bed)
Tell me, whose bed, I wanna know (whose bed, whose bed)
You better start talkin’
Or you better start walkin’