{{Infobox song | name = Shame About That | cover = Sara Evans--Shame About That.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Sara Evans | album = Three Chords and the Truth | B-side = "Shame About That" {{small|(remix)}} | released = {{Start date|1997|12|02}} | recorded = February 1997 | studio = Mad Dog Studios | genre = {{hlist|Country|Neotraditional country}} | length = 2:02 | label = RCA Nashville | writer = {{hlist|Sara Evans|Jamie O'Hara}} | producer = Pete Anderson | prev_title = Three Chords and the Truth | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Cryin' Game | next_year = 1998 }} "'''Shame About That'''" is a song written by American country artist Sara Evans and American songwriter Jamie O'Hara. In 1997, Sara Evans released it as the third and final single off her debut studio album called ''Three Chords and the Truth''. The song was a minor hit on the ''Billboard'' country chart and received positive reception from critics.
==Background== "Shame About That" was characterized by ''The Washington Post'' in 1997 as a Buddy Holly-inspired song with a simple arrangement.<ref name="Washington Post">{{Cite web |last=Joycem |first=Mike |title=Sara Evans, Jason Sellers & the Brand New Opry |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1997/10/12/sara-evans-jason-sellers-the-brand-new-opry/1387795b-2ec9-4595-92a7-305c85fefe25/ |website=The Washington Post |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> The song was recorded in February 1997 at Mad Dog Studios, located in Burbank, California. It was recorded in Evans's very first major-label studio sessions on her career. The song was produced by Pete Anderson, who would also supervise the recording of her debut studio album, which was also released in 1997. Songs including "Imagine That" and "True Lies" were also cut during the same session.<ref name="Liner Notes">{{Cite journal |last=Evans |first=Sara |date=July 1, 997 |title=''Three Chords and the Truth'' (CD Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=RCA Records}}</ref>
==Critical reception== Following Evans' debut album release, "Shame About That" received mostly positive reviews from critics and music writers. Mike Joyce of ''The Washington Post'' praised her performance on the track (among others on the album) and compared it to veteran music artists. "Evans responds with a winning performance -- sometimes soulful, sometimes spirited but always convincing," he commented in 1997.<ref name="Washington Post"/> Grant Alden of ''No Depression'' magazine praised Evans's performance, but found the song's opening bar "cheesy". In his review he also noted of Evans's similarity to that of Jazz performer Julie London.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alden |first=Grant |title=Sara Evans – Three Chords and the Truth |url=https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/sara-evans-three-chords-and-the-truth/ |website=No Depression |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref>
==Release and chart performance== "Shame About That" was released on December 2, 1997 via RCA Nashville. It featured a remix of the single on the song's B-side that was roughly the same length in time.<ref name="Billboard Singles">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008 |publisher=Record Research, Inc. |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> In total, the song spent eight weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at number 48 in February 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Shame About That" chart history |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sara-evans/chart-history/csi/ |website=Billboard |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> It was Evans's third single to reach the ''Billboard'' chart and her second high-charting single up to that point.<ref name="Billboard Singles"/> "Shame About That" was spawned from her 1997 debut studio album on RCA Records, ''Three Chords and the Truth''.<ref name="Liner Notes"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Al |title=''Three Chords and the Truth'': Sara Evans: Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/three-chords-and-the-truth-mw0000020476 |website=Allmusic |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> "Shame About That" was the third and final single spawned from the album before her next studio offering was issued in 1998.<ref name="Billboard Singles"/>
==Track listing== '''7" vinyl single'''<ref name="Billboard Singles"/>
* "Shame About That" – 2:02 * "Shame About That" (remix) – 2:01
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for "Shame About That" ! scope="col"| Chart (1997–1998) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|48|artist=Sara Evans|rowheader=true|access-date=October 27, 2020}} |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Sara Evans singles}} Category:1997 singles Category:1997 songs Category:Sara Evans songs Category:RCA Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by Pete Anderson Category:Songs written by Sara Evans Category:Songs written by Jamie O'Hara (singer)