Shiftwork

Shiftwork

Infobox Single
Name = Shiftwork


Cover size =
Caption =
Artist = Kenny Chesney & George Strait
Album =
Released = start date|2007|12
Format = CD Single
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Country
Length = 4:29
Label = BNA
Writer = Troy Jones
Producer = Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
Certification =
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Kenny Chesney
Last single = "Don't Blink"
(2007)
This single = "Shiftwork"
(2007)
Next single = "Better as a Memory"
(2008)Extra chronology
Artist = George Strait
Last single = "How 'Bout Them Cowgirls"
(2007)
This single = "Shiftwork"
(2007)
Next single = "I Saw God Today"
(2008)

"Shiftwork" is a single by country music artists Kenny Chesney and George Strait. It is the third single from Kenny Chesney's 2007 album "".

Initially, "Shiftwork" charted as an album cut, receiving unsolicited airplay which brought the song up to #42 on the country music charts prior to its release. Before the song was officially released, it was credited to both Chesney and Strait. Once it was officially made a single, however, Strait's name was removed from the song, due to contractual agreements between his label (MCA Nashville) and Chesney's Label (BNA Records). [cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/chat.jsp |title=Chart Beat Chat |accessdate=2008-01-07 |last=Bronson |first=Fred |date=2008-01-18 |work=Billboard] Starting with the "Billboard" chart dated for February 9, 2008, the song was once again billed as "Kenny Chesney duet with George Strait". [cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=357&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Country+Songs&ci=3091326&cdi=9660928&cid=02%2F09%2F2008
title=Billboard chart listing for the week of February 9, 2008 |accessdate=2008-01-31 |work=Billboard]

Content

The song is a moderate up-tempo, backed by percussion (mainly steel drums), in which the central characters (Chesney and Strait) express their frustration with constantly working shifts at a convenience store. Both characters point out that their job is "a bunch of shiftwork". In the second verse, Strait's character states that he "took [himself] to the beach / had a beer by the edge of the sea" to take his mind off his work.

Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine considered the song a highlight on Chesney's album, making note of how Strait and Chesney both "playfully soften the F in the title, making for a genuinely funny highlight" (thus making the line sound closer to "shit work"). [cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fnfixzrgld6e |title=Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates – Overview |accessdate=2008-07-07 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |work=Allmusic] The implication is strengthened by the line "A big old pile of shiftwork."

Chart performance

The song originally charted at #42 from unsolicited airplay in September 2007, shortly after "" was released. It was officially released as a single in December 2007.

Current peak position

References


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