Bury the Shovel

"Bury the Shovel is a song written by Chris Arms and Chuck Jones, and recorded by American country music singer Clay Walker. It was released in September 1996 as the fourth single from his album Hypnotize the Moon.

The song is Walker's eleventh single release, as well as his eleventh Top Twenty hit on the Billboard country singles charts.

Content

The song is about male narrator who wants to get over his former relationship by burying his love and his memories in the ground so he won't have to think about his former lover anymore.

Reception

Larry Flick of Billboard described the song "There is almost a swampy mooodiness to the melody, yet the production is brisk and the production taut. A sure bet to perk up programmer's ears".^[2]

Chart positions

"Bury the Shovel" is Walker's eleventh Top 40 single on the Billboard country singles charts. The song spent 18 weeks on the charts,^[3] peaking at number 18 on the chart week of November 16. It also peaked at number 24 on the RPM Country Tracks charts in Canada.

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	24
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	18

References

↑ PR Newswire. Clay Walker Gets Third Platinum Certification (13 September 1996)
↑ Larry Flick, Billboard Magazine, September 28, 1996, Billboard Magazine
↑ "Hot Country Songs listing for "Bury the Shovel"". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9900." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 9, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
↑ "Clay Walker – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Clay Walker.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Clay Walker singles

Clay Walker	"What's It to You" "Live Until I Die" "Where Do I Fit in the Picture" "Dreaming with My Eyes Open"

If I Could Make a Living	"If I Could Make a Living" "This Woman and This Man" "My Heart Will Never Know"

Hypnotize the Moon	"Who Needs You Baby" "Hypnotize the Moon" "Only on Days That End in "Y"" "Bury the Shovel"

Rumor Has It	"Rumor Has It" "One, Two, I Love You" "Watch This" "Then What?"

Greatest Hits	"Ordinary People" "You're Beginning to Get to Me"

Live, Laugh, Love	"She's Always Right" "Live, Laugh, Love" "The Chain of Love" "Once in a Lifetime Love"

Say No More	"Say No More" "If You Ever Feel Like Lovin' Me Again"

A Few Questions	"A Few Questions" "I Can't Sleep" "Jesus Was a Country Boy"

Fall	"'Fore She Was Mama" "Fall" "She Likes It in the Morning"

She Won't Be Lonely Long	"She Won't Be Lonely Long" "Where Do I Go from You" "Like We Never Said Goodbye" "Jesse James"

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