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. It was released as the seventh single from her fourth studio album '' Up!'' (2002) on November 10, 2003, exclusively to Europe and Australia, although its music video was later released to the US. The song was written by Twain and her then-husband

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. Twain described on several occasions that "When You Kiss Me" is her favorite ballad off ''Up!'' The song peaked at number 4 in Portugal, number 21 in the UK, and number 60 on the US country chart. The

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was later released to

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. In the

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, "When You Kiss Me" was released as a

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with " Up!". Twain performed the song on the

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Critical reception

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compared the song to "

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", and complimented the "stupendous mandolin and steel guitar textures overlaid by a wonderful chorus lyric".

Music video

The

for "When You Kiss Me" was shot in

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, by director Paul Boyd. It was originally released in Europe on October 17, 2003, and was added to CMT's playlists for the week of October 26, 2003. It was then re-released to CMT in the summer of 2004. Two versions of the video were made. The main version features Twain being filmed in a house, a boat, and on

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by a young man. The alternate version, titled the 'One-Take Version', features Twain walking on a beach at night, with the camera performing one

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. Both videos are available on

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singles and the

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Chart performance

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, "When You Kiss Me" was released as a double A-side single with " Up!". On November 23, 2003, it debuted at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart. It spent five weeks on the chart. In Ireland, the song hit the chart for one week in November, placing at number 41. When '' Up!'' was released in 2002, "When You Kiss Me" gained enough album play to reach number 60 on the Billboard

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chart.

Track listings

These are the formats for the major releases. German and Australian CD maxi #"When You Kiss Me" (Red) – 4:08 #"I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" (Live from Chicago) – 4:47 #"Ka-Ching!" (Live from Chicago) – 3:41 #Enhanced: When You Kiss Me – Music Video German 3-inch CD single #"When You Kiss Me" (Red) – 4:08 #"When You Kiss Me" (Metro Remix – Extended Mix) – 6:55 European CD single #"When You Kiss Me" (Red) – 4:08 #"When You Kiss Me" (Metro Mix Extended) – 6:55 UK CD single – "When You Kiss Me / Up!" #"When You Kiss Me" (Red) – 4:08 #"Up! (Red)" – 2:53 #"I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" (Live from Chicago) – 4:30 #Enhanced: "When You Kiss Me" – Music Video #Enhanced: "Up!" (Excerpt) – Video UK CD single – "Up! / When You Kiss Me" #"Up! (Red) – 2:53 #"When You Kiss Me" (Red) – 4:08 #"Ka-Ching!"(Live from Chicago) – 3:20 #Enhanced: "Up!" – Music Video UK DVD single – "When You Kiss Me / Up!" #"When You Kiss Me" – Video #"Up!" – Audio #"When You Kiss Me" (Metro Remix Extended) – Audio #"Up!" – Video Excerpt

Official versions

*Red Album Version (4:08) *Green Album Version (4:07) *Blue Album Version (3:56) *Metro Remix Radio Edit (3:54) *Metro Remix Extended Mix (6:55) *Live From Chicago (4:16)

Charts

Release history

References

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