" No Thinkin' Thing" is a single by country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Trace Adkins

Trace Adkins

Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations...

. Released as the third single released from his debut album, Dreamin' Out Loud

Dreamin' out Loud

-Personnel:*Trace Adkins - acoustic guitar, lead vocals*Eddie Bayers - drums*Barry Beckett - organ*Bill Cuomo - synthesizer*Paul Franklin - steel guitar*Rob Hajacos - fiddle*Brent Mason - electric guitar*Terry McMillan - harmonica*Matt Rollings - piano...

, the single reached the top of the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, marking his first Number One single.

Content

"(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" is in the key of A minor

A minor

A minor is a minor scale based on A, consisting of the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. The harmonic minor scale raises the G to G...

, with a vocal range from
C4 to E5. The verses use a pattern of G-F-C three times, followed by an F and E chord for one bar

Bar (music)

In musical notation, a bar is a segment of time defined by a given number of beats of a given duration. Typically, a piece consists of several bars of the same length, and in modern musical notation the number of beats in each bar is specified at the beginning of the score by the top number of a...

 each. The refrain uses a pattern of Am-F-G-Am twice, followed by C, G, F and E and another Am-F-G-Am progression. The solos between verses are eight bars long, each based on a pair of Am-F-G-Am progressions. Lyrically, the song reflects on the complexity of understanding love and romance.

Music video

The music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for this song features Trace singing the song with his band at a concert, as well as him performing the song beneath a sunset orange backdrop, with an acoustic guitar. This video was directed by Michael Merriman.

Chart performance

This song debuted at number 44 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated January 25, 1997. Having charted for 20 weeks on that chart, it also became his first Number One single on the country chart dated April 5, 1997. It would remain his only Number One hit until ten years later, when he topped the country charts again with "Ladies Love Country Boys

Ladies Love Country Boys

"Ladies Love Country Boys" is a single by American country music singer Trace Adkins that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It was released in September 2006 as the second single from Adkins' album Dangerous Man, and Trace's first Number One single since " No Thinkin' Thing"...

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Chart (1997)	Peak position
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