Check Yes or No

"Check Yes or No"
Single by George Strait
from the album Strait Out of the Box
Released	September 11, 1995
Format	CD
Genre	Country
Length	3:10
Label	MCA 12236
Writer(s)	Danny Wells Dana Hunt
Producer	Tony Brown George Strait
George Strait singles chronology
"Lead On" (1995) "Check Yes or No" (1995) "I Know She Still Loves Me" (1996)

"Check Yes or No" is the title of a song written by Danny Wells and Dana Hunt, and recorded by American country singer George Strait. It was released in September 1995 as the lead single from his 1995 box set Strait Out of the Box. It peaked at number-one on both the U.S. Billboard country chart and the Canadian RPM country chart.

Content

The song is an ode to a lover in which the narrator discusses the history of their relationship.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that the song "is another winner from country music's most consistent hit maker." She goes on to say that Strait delivers it with "warmth and charm, as well as with an upbeat melody tailor-made for country radio." ^[1]

Music video

The music video for the song featured actor/singer/songwriter Michael Ray Ryan as the main character and Dawn Waggoner (the real-life founder of the Texas Bikini Team) as the main character's leading lady.

Chart positions

"Check Yes or No" debuted at #63 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 23, 1995.

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

1. ^ Billboard, September 30, 1995

Preceded by "Dust on the Bottle" by David Lee Murphy	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single November 11-December 2, 1995	Succeeded by "Tall, Tall Trees" by Alan Jackson
Preceded by "She's Every Woman" by Garth Brooks	RPM Country Tracks number-one single November 27, 1995