"She's Taken a Shine" is the title of a song written by Greg Barnhill and Richard Bach, and recorded by American country music artist John Berry. It was released in November 1996 as the second single from the album Faces

Faces (John Berry album)

Faces is an album released by American country music artist John Berry. It was released in 1996 by Capitol Nashville. It peaked at #9 on the Top Country Albums chart, and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America...

. The song reached #2 on both 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

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart..

Content

The lyric paints a vivid picture of two lovers and how Rosie's life changes in the light of the good relationship.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of 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...

magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "great love song." She went on to say that Berry "delivers the song in a straightforward manner that brings the story to life and the skillful production lets his vocals shine."

Chart performance

"She's Taken a Shine" debuted at number 61 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of December 7, 1996.

Chart (1996-1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	2
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	17
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2