Songfacts®:

• Perhaps inspired by the Rednex version of "Cotton Eye Joe," Shania Twain brings fiddles and dance beats together in "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)," a song where she assures her man that her heart belongs to only him. It sounds like this guy has some jealousy issues: He looks on when she reads her mail and gives her the third degree when she gets off the phone.
• Twain wrote this song with her producer/husband Mutt Lange. He pursued Shania after hearing her 1993 debut album, which underperformed but showed her potential as a performer. By the end of 1993, they were married, and in 1995 Twain released her second album, The Woman In Me, which was produced by Lange. Unlike her debut, Twain participated in the songwriting, composing the tracks with Lange, whose previous clients include Def Leppard and Loverboy. It was a runaway hit, introducing a new, more authentic Shania with attitude to spare. Come On Over pulled her a little further from her country music roots but was even more successful. "Don't Be Stupid" was one of 11 singles from the album, and one of eight that entered the Hot 100, demonstrating Twain's immense crossover appeal.
• Shania does a little Irish step dancing in the video, with was directed by Larry Jordan. She made a lot of videos and tried to mix up the concepts. Riverdance was big at the time, so the Irish step dancing was on trend.
• This was one of Shania Twain's biggest hits in Europe, especially in the UK, where it went to #5. Her previous album wasn't promoted in Europe because country music didn't do very well there and she needed to focus her efforts on America and Canada. But with Come On Over, she was ready to conquer the continent. She did press there in 1998 and toured there in 1999. Twain knew she would have to work to win over this new audience, and she did: the Come On Over went global and made her a worldwide superstar.