Shake the Sugar Tree

"Shake the Sugar Tree" is a song written by Chapin Hartford, and recorded by American country music singer Pam Tillis. It was released in August 1992 as the lead-off single from her album Homeward Looking Angel. "Shake the Sugar Tree" became Tillis' fourth Top Ten country hit, peaking at number 3 on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs).

Content

In the song, a wife admonishes her husband for taking her and their relationship for granted too often, only responding when she threatens to leave ("You're like fruit from a fickle vine, 'you turn sweet in the nick of time / Love, you only come alive when you're losin' me") and concluding that sometimes she has to "shake the sugar tree" (provoke him) in order to "feel his love come falling all around [her]".

Singer-songwriter Stephanie Bentley sang the demo version of the song, and Tillis' producer, Paul Worley, incorporated Bentley's demo vocals as harmony vocals in the final recording.^[1]

Reception

Roch Parisien and Thom Jurek, who reviewed Homeward Looking Angel for Allmusic, cited the song as a standout on the album, calling it "sultry and sexy."^[2]

Chart positions

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	42

References

↑ Remz, Jeffrey B. (January 1996). "Stephanie Bentley hopes debut brings chestful of success". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
↑ Parisien, Roch; Thom Jurek. "Homeward Looking Angel". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1871." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 5, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
↑ "Pam Tillis – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Pam Tillis.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM. December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Pam Tillis

Studio albums	Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey Put Yourself in My Place Homeward Looking Angel Sweetheart's Dance All of This Love Every Time Thunder & Roses It's All Relative: Tillis Sings Tillis RhineStoned Just in Time for Christmas Dos Divas

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits

Notable singles	"Those Memories of You" "Don't Tell Me What to Do" "One of Those Things" "Put Yourself in My Place" "Maybe It Was Memphis" "Blue Rose Is" "Shake the Sugar Tree" "Let That Pony Run" "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" "Do You Know Where Your Man Is" "Spilled Perfume" "When You Walk in the Room" "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" "I Was Blown Away" "In Between Dances" "Deep Down" "The River and the Highway" "It's Lonely Out There" "All the Good Ones Are Gone" "Land of the Living" "I Said a Prayer" "Every Time" "Please"

Related articles	Discography Arista Nashville Mel Tillis "Ancient History" "Five Minutes" "Someone Else's Trouble Now"

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