She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy

"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" is a song written by Jim Collins and Paul Overstreet and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released on October 4, 1999, as the third single from Chesney's 1999 album Everywhere We Go. The song peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in early 2000, and was certified Gold by the RIAA. The song remains one of Chesney's most popular.^[1]

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"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" is an uptempo tune set in the key of B♭ major with a vocal range from B♭₃ to F₅.^[2] The song describes a man who is working on a farm and driving a tractor "in the hot summer sun". He describes himself as being attractive to a woman who "thinks [his] tractor's sexy".

Music video

The music video was directed by Martin Kahan, and premiered on CMT on October 14, 1999, during "The CMT Delivery Room". The video shows Chesney as a farmer riding on a John Deere tractor. A woman walks in the field wearing sunglasses and a black dress, as well as a cowboy hat and jeans dancing in the barn. Throughout the video, Chesney was singing with an old fashioned microphone in a barn, with a John Deere tractor behind him, as well as a woman dancing with Chesney in the barn. At the end of the video, Chesney and a woman are sitting on a water trough, splashing water with a cowboy hat.

Chart performance

"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" first charted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart as an album cut, reaching number 72 on the week of June 26, 1999.^[3] It re-entered the charts at number 75 on the week of August 14, 1999, then fell out and re-entered again at number 74 on September 4. Its last re-entry was at number 67 on September 25, 1999, spending a total of 21 weeks on the US country chart and peaking at number 11.

Chart (1999–2000)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	20
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	74
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	11

Certifications

Certifications for *She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[7]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[8] Mastertone	Gold	500,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Parodies

Cledus T. Judd parodied the song as "My Cellmate Thinks I'm Sexy" on his 2000 album Just Another Day in Parodies. This parody referenced Chesney's and Tim McGraw's June 2000 arrests after stealing a Mounted Reserve deputy's horse.^[9] Released as a single late that year, Judd's parody reached number 61 on the country charts.

On Chesney's 2004 song "When the Sun Goes Down", guest vocalist Uncle Kracker sings the line "She thinks Kracker's sexy".

Use in media

This song is used in the Rock Band Country Track Pack. This song is sung by Colt in the Netflix-original sitcom The Ranch on the first-season episode three.

References

^ "RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for singles by Kenny Chesney". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
^ Contemporary Country (1 ed.). Hal Leonard Corporation. 1999. pp. 223–229. ISBN 0-634-01594-X.
^ "Billboard search results — June 26, 1999". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-01-06.^{[dead link]}
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9989." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 24, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "American single certifications – Kenny Chesney – She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
^ "American ringtone certifications – Kenny Chesney – She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
^ Rush, Diane Sams (2000-09-17). "Yoakam headlines triple country threat". Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 2009-01-06.

v t e Kenny Chesney songs
Albums Singles
In My Wildest Dreams	"The Tin Man"
All I Need to Know	"Fall in Love" "All I Need to Know" "Grandpa Told Me So"
Me and You	"Me and You" "When I Close My Eyes"
I Will Stand	"She's Got It All" "A Chance" "That's Why I'm Here" "I Will Stand"
Everywhere We Go	"How Forever Feels" "You Had Me from Hello" "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" "What I Need to Do"
Greatest Hits	"I Lost It" "Don't Happen Twice" "The Tin Man"
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems	"Young" "The Good Stuff" "A Lot of Things Different" "Big Star" "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"
When the Sun Goes Down	"There Goes My Life" "When the Sun Goes Down" "I Go Back" "The Woman with You" "Anything but Mine" "Keg in the Closet"
The Road and the Radio	"Who You'd Be Today" "Living in Fast Forward" "Summertime" "You Save Me" "Beer in Mexico"
Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates	"Never Wanted Nothing More" "Don't Blink" "Shiftwork" "Better as a Memory"
Lucky Old Sun	"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" "Down the Road"
Greatest Hits II	"Out Last Night" "I'm Alive" "Ain't Back Yet"
Hemingway's Whiskey	"The Boys of Fall" "Somewhere with You" "Live a Little" "You and Tequila" "Reality"
Welcome to the Fishbowl	"Feel Like a Rock Star" "Come Over" "El Cerrito Place"
Life on a Rock	"Pirate Flag" "When I See This Bar"
The Big Revival	"American Kids" "Til It's Gone" "Wild Child" "Save It for a Rainy Day"
Cosmic Hallelujah	"Noise" "Setting the World on Fire" "Bar at the End of the World" "All the Pretty Girls"
Songs for the Saints	"Get Along" "Better Boat"
Here and Now	"Tip of My Tongue" "Here and Now" "Happy Does" "Knowing You" "Everyone She Knows"
Other songs	"Hey, Good Lookin'" "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" "Every Other Weekend" "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" "Half of My Hometown" "Back Where I Come From" "Baptism" "Some People Change"

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