What Made You Say That
| "What Made You Say That" | ||||
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| Single by Shania Twain | ||||
| from the album Shania Twain | ||||
| B-side | "Crime of the Century" | |||
| Released | March 6, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
| Studio | Music Mill (Nashville, TN) | |||
| Genre | Country pop | |||
| Length | 2:59 | |||
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| "What Made You Say That" on YouTube | ||||
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US cassette single cover | ||||
"What Made You Say That" is the debut single by Canadian country music artist Shania Twain. It was released by Polygram and Mercury Nashville as the lead single to her eponymous debut album (1993) on March 6, 1993. The song was written by Tony Haselden and Stan Munsey Jr. and produced by Harold Shedd and Norro Wilson, who also produced her album. The song was initially recorded by American country singer and actor Wayne Massey for his third album Wayne Massey and Black Hawk (1989).
Despite a heavily played video, the track only charted at number 55 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and number 70 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. The track was not included on her 2004 Greatest Hits collection but was included in her 2022 compilation Not Just a Girl (The Highlights), the only song off her debut album to be included. Twain would perform the track on a few occasions, most notably at the 1993 CCMA Awards and her debut tour Come On Over Tour. On the latter, she would bring a child who had won a local radio contest to perform the song while Twain provided backing vocals. One of these children was a then-unknown Avril Lavigne.