Shania Twain's Official Top 20 biggest singles in the UK revealed

07 February 2023 | By George Griffiths

 

In the words of the great woman herself - let's go, girls!!

 

Shania Twain is the Queen of the original country-pop crossover. Long before Taylor Swift made the jump from Red to 1989, before Maren Morris gifted her vocals to Zedd's The Middle and Kacey Musgraves muddied the genre waters with her Star-Crossed LP, there was no more successful transition from country bumpkin to pop superstar than Shania Twain.

 

Across the mid-to-late 1990s and into the 00s, Shania was armed with a spring in her step, a love for ellipsis, brackets exclamation points and an enviable stretch of hits, notching up nine UK Top 10 singles and two UK Number 1 albums - 1998's mega, blockbuster hit Come On Over and 2017's comeback record Now, which followed years of inactivity.

 

But now, Shania is back and here to stay. After fighting off Lyme Disease and its affects to her voice, her sixth record, Giddy Up!, is a reclamation of joy, seeing Shania move over to new label Republic and welcome in a series of A-List (and mostly British!) pop collaborators including David Stewart and Jessica Agombar (BTS' Dynamite) and Mark Ralph (Years & Years' King).

 

With Shania currently in a heated chart battle with RAYE, it's time to reflect on the legacy of one of pop's campest grand-dame's with Shania's Official Top 20 biggest songs in the UK revealed for the first time.

 

Of course, a lot of the song's featured here are from her 90s heyday - and there's that love of punctuation marks again, in tracks like Up! (14), Ka-Ching! (10), Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) (7) and I'm Gonna Getcha Good! (6).

 

There are of course some surprises too - it's nice to see Shania's long-awaited 2017 comeback single Life's About To Get Good make the list (17), and it's may be a surprise to many that her long-forgotten Christmas duet with Michael Buble, White Christmas, makes the Top 5 (5).

 

So strap in and giddy up. Before we unveil the Top 20 in full, here's a closer look at the Top 3.

 

3. You're Still The One

Released: 1998

Official Singles Chart peak: Number 10

Total UK chart units: 839,000

The first single of Shania's to be promoted to pop radio in the US, the tender torch ballad You're Still The One is an ode to the relationship she shared with her then-husband and producer Mutt Lange (the two would divorce in 2011).

 

A wedding first dance staple, You're Still The One was Shania's first Top 10 hit in the UK and continues to shine more than 20 years later, notching up a total of 839,000 chart units and counting.

 

2. Man! I Feel Like A Woman

Released: 1999

Official Singles Chart peak: Number 3

Total UK chart units: 1.1 million

Did anybody say gay rights?

 

Shania's camp ode to going totally crazy and forgetting she's a lady, Man! I Feel Like A Woman may accidentally promote the outdated notion of a gender binary, but we can forgive it for pop music as silly and fun as this.

 

If you've never sung your heart out to this song at karaoke (and if you haven't, we suggest you rectify this immediately), then you've for sure seen the gender-bending video with Shania and her impressively buffed and chiseled all-male backing band behind her. A lot of you have clearly watched it - with Man! I Feel Like A Woman carrying the most video streams for any of Shania's clips, coming in with over 8 million streams.

 

Even more impressive still, Man! I Feel Like A Woman is Shania's undisputed most-streamed song in the UK, with over 69 million total streams celebrating colouring your hair, doing what you dare...OK, we'll stop now.

 

1. That Don't Impress Me Much

Released: 1999

Official Singles Chart peak: Number 3

Total UK chart units: 1.3 million

Serious question - has anyone ever looked as good as Shania does in her head-to-toe cheetah print outfit in this music video?

 

The ultimate kiss-off anthem to a man who takes himself a bit too seriously (who does he think he is? Elvis or something?), That Don't Impress Me Much was originally recorded in a much more stereotypically country style, but for its release across the UK and Europe it was transformed into a thumping electronic dance anthem, all stabbing synths and layered backing inflections (This was a common trick Shania also employed when released Man! I Feel Like A...here, given the prevalence of pop over country in the UK over the US).

 

That Don't Impress Me Much ranks as Shania's most successful track in the UK - pulling in 1.3 million combined UK chart sales in total, including over 46 million total streams and 770,000 physical sales (also making it her biggest physical-seller here).

 

All together now: oh-uh-oh-no!

 

Shania Twain's Official Top 20 biggest songs revealed

POS TITLE ARTIST YEAR PEAK

1 THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH SHANIA TWAIN 1999 3

2 MAN I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN SHANIA TWAIN 1999 3

3 YOU'RE STILL THE ONE SHANIA TWAIN 1998 10

4 FROM THIS MOMENT ON SHANIA TWAIN 1998 9

5 WHITE CHRISTMAS MICHAEL BUBLE & SHANIA TWAIN 2004 107

6 I'M GONNA GETCHA GOOD SHANIA TWAIN 2002 4

7 DON'T BE STUPID (YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU) SHANIA TWAIN 2000 5

8 FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS SHANIA TWAIN 2003 6

9 ANY MAN OF MINE SHANIA TWAIN 1995 N/A

10 KA-CHING SHANIA TWAIN 2003 8

11 WHEN SHANIA TWAIN 1998 18

12 HONEY IM HOME SHANIA TWAIN 2004 N/A

13 WHOSE BED HAVE YOUR BOOTS BEEN UNDER SHANIA TWAIN 2004 N/A

14 UP SHANIA TWAIN 2004 N/A

15 YOUVE GOT A WAY SHANIA TWAIN 2004 N/A

16 COME ON OVER SHANIA TWAIN 2004 N/A

17 LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD SHANIA TWAIN 2017 N/A

18 PARTY FOR TWO SHANIA TWAIN FT MARK MCGRATH 2004 10

19 LOVE GETS ME EVERY TIME SHANIA TWAIN 2004 N/A

20 THANK YOU BABY SHANIA TWAIN 2003 11

 

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This was her Top 20 in June 2019:

 

1 THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH 3 1999 1m (inc. 15.6m streams)

2 MAN I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN 3 1999 687k (inc. 22.95m streams)

3 YOU'RE STILL THE ONE 10 1998 529k (inc. 18.6m streams)

4 FROM THIS MOMENT ON 9 1998 295k

5 WHITE CHRISTMAS N/A 2011 (inc. 16m streams)

6 I'M GONNA GETCHA GOOD 4 2002 181k

7 DON'T BE STUPID (YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU) 5 2000 145k

8 FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS 6 2003

9 KA-CHING 8 2003

10 WHEN 18 1998

11 WHEN YOU KISS ME/UP 21 2002

12 PARTY FOR TWO 10 2004

13 ANY MAN OF MINE N/A 1995

14 THANK YOU BABY 11 2002

15 HONEY I'M HOME N/A 1999

16 YOU'VE GOT A WAY N/A 1999

17 LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET GOOD N/A 2017

18 COME ON OVER N/A 1999

19 WHOSE BED HAVE YOUR BOOTS BEEN UNDER N/A 1999

20 LOVE GETS ME EVERY TIME N/A 1997

And her Top 10 in July 2017:

 

1. That Don't Impress Me Much 928,230

2. Man! I Feel Like A Woman! 545,160

3. You're Still The One 406,389

4. From This Moment On 252,799

5. I'm Gonna Getcha Good 165,719

6. Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) 131,704

7. White Christmas (feat Michael Buble) 101,333

8. Forever And For Always 91,410

9. Ka-Ching! 71,264

10 When 53,429

 

I'm surprised 'Man!' isn't at the top, I don't think I've ever heard the #1 song...

I'm surprised 'Man!' isn't at the top, I don't think I've ever heard the #1 song...

What?! :o

 

'Man! I Feel Like a Woman' does feel slightly ahead in terms of popularity but they're both pretty iconic, I'm shocked you've never heard it!

That Don't Impress Me Much seemed like the bigger hit to me although I guess all that really means is that whatever radio station my parents put on at the time played it more.

I'm surprised 'Man!' isn't at the top, I don't think I've ever heard the #1 song...

 

:o How?! It's so well-known and iconic. I still hear it everywhere today and referenced so much in popular culture.

 

My most surprising thing about this is that they've made a top 20 out of it. :lol: It reminds me of when they did one for The Wanted which would've made more sense as a top 10.

I would say the top 2 are about equally ubiquitous from my experience if not TDIMM being slightly more unavoidable. Then again I discovered the other day that a couple of people at the #1 albums sessions were familiar with Dido's 'White Flag' but not 'Life For Rent' which again I remember hearing just as much if not more!

Just checked it out, I’ve definitely never heard it!

 

Interestingly, TDIMM is quite a bit below on Spotify streams (195m) compared to MIFLAW (421m).

It’s nice to see Life’s About to Get Good was at least bigger than her #10 and #11 ‘hits’

Man I feel like a woman is great and it has a good video too. The no.1 I don't like anywhere near as much, it was played to death on the radio in 1999 (still is)

Edited February 7, 20232 yr by fiesta

I've never cared that much for 'Man! I Feel Like A Woman' (one could say it didn't impress me much) but I love 'That Don't Impress Me Much' so I'm happy to see that ahead, although I suspect the former will overtake at some point.

Edited February 7, 20232 yr by Mangø

Just checked it out, I’ve definitely never heard it!

 

Interestingly, TDIMM is quite a bit below on Spotify streams (195m) compared to MIFLAW (421m).

 

The main version on Spotify is the original version. Check out the version below that was HUGE in the UK. I was 10 at the time and I remember it being played a lot more than Man! I Feel like a Woman.

 

Edit: For some reason the video wouldn’t play so here’s the link:

Edited February 7, 20232 yr by Just_Jack

So many incredible songs, 'I'm Gonna Getcha Good' is my personal favourite, can't see it being over 200k mind :unsure:

'I'm Gonna Getcha Good' is so underrated! What a BOP!

 

Glad to see 'From This Moment On' top 4. It's my personal fave (extremely personal too) of hers but I cannot argue with that top 3! She's had so many bops! Another of my faves is the underrated 'Party For Two'

it was the pop remix of TDIMM that was the airplay massive classic. Totally fabulous. M!IFLAW gets annoying if you hear it too much. (And I heard it too much).

Surprised she's never had a #1 single considering how huge she was in the mid to late 90s.

Surprised she's never had a #1 single considering how huge she was in the mid to late 90s.

 

I feel like either of her big #3s could've been in luckier circumstances, although I guess her mammoth album sales with Come On Over more than make up for it (and perhaps go some way towards explaining why she didn't manage one)

Happy to see "Any Man Of Mine" in her top 10 now. I expect it should go silver at some point in the next few years (along with a couple songs above it).

The Top 2 are definitely Shania's signature songs but 'You're Still the One' has still been racking in the chart sales - since it went Platinum in 2020, it's been averaging 1.7k per week (the Top 2 have both been averaging 2k+, hard to say how much above the 2k mark they are given the total sales are rounded to the nearest 100k). It actually had higher total streams than 'That Don't Impress Me Much' when the OCC previously did a list in 2019 and it's added more to its total since its original release (sold 173k in 1998 so 666k since then, compared to ~537k for 'TDIMM').

 

These are my estimates for the rest of the Top 8:

 

411k From This Moment On

381k White Christmas

218k I'm Gonna Getcha Good

170k Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)

130k Forever and For Always

 

'Man! I Feel Like a Woman' and 'That Don't Impress Me Much' are two of my favourite songs of all-time, but there's a lot of greatness to behold with her other singles; The 'Up!' singles particularly deserve some more love.

Was expecting to see (If You’re Not In It For Love) I’m Outta Here on this list.