Check Yes or No

"Check Yes or No"
"Check Yes or No"
Single by George Strait
from the album Strait Out of the Box
Released	September 11, 1995
Recorded	April 10, 1995
Genre	Country
Length	3:20
Label	MCA 12236
Songwriter(s)	Danny Wells; Dana Hunt Black
Producer(s)	Tony Brown; George Strait
George Strait singles chronology

"Check Yes or No" is a song written by Danny Wells and Dana Hunt Black, and recorded by American country music singer George Strait. It was released in September 1995 as the lead single from his box set Strait Out of the Box. It peaked at number-one on both the U.S. Billboard country chart and the Canadian RPM country chart. It was also included as a bonus track on the UK released version of the "Blue Clear Sky" album in 1996.

Critical reception[]

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that the song "is another winner from country music's most consistent hit maker." She goes on to say that Strait delivers it with "warmth and charm, as well as with an upbeat melody tailor-made for country radio."^[1]

Music video[]

The music video for the song featured actor/singer/songwriter Michael Ray Ryan as the main character and Dawn Waggoner (the real-life founder of the Texas Bikini Team) as the main character's leading lady.

Chart positions[]

"Check Yes or No" debuted at number 63 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 23, 1995.

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[2]	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1995)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	19

Certifications[]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[5]	2× Platinum	2,000,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[]

^ Billboard, September 30, 1995
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2817." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 27, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
^ "George Strait Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995". RPM. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
^ "American single certifications – George Strait – Check Yes Or No". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 3, 2020.

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[1] Billboard, September 30, 1995

[sc_Canadacountry_-2] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2817." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 27, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_George_Strait-3] "George Strait Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[4] "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995". RPM. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.

[United_StatesGeorge_StraitCheck_Yes_Or_NosingleCertRef-5] "American single certifications – George Strait – Check Yes Or No". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 3, 2020.

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v t George Strait 1990s singles
Livin' It Up	"Love Without End, Amen" "Drinking Champagne" "I've Come to Expect It from You"
Chill of an Early Fall	"If I Know Me" "You Know Me Better Than That" "The Chill of an Early Fall" "Lovesick Blues"
Holding My Own	"Gone as a Girl Can Get" "So Much Like My Dad"
Pure Country	"I Cross My Heart" "Heartland" "When Did You Stop Loving Me"
Easy Come, Easy Go	"Easy Come, Easy Go" "I'd Like to Have That One Back" "Lovebug" "The Man in Love with You"
Lead On	"The Big One" "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody" "Adalida" "Lead On"
Strait Out of the Box	"Check Yes or No" "I Know She Still Loves Me"
Blue Clear Sky	"Blue Clear Sky" "Carried Away" "I Can Still Make Cheyenne" "King of the Mountain"
Carrying Your Love with Me	"One Night at a Time" "Carrying Your Love with Me" "Today My World Slipped Away" "Round About Way"
One Step at a Time	"I Just Want to Dance with You" "True" "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This"
Always Never the Same	"Meanwhile" "Write This Down" "What Do You Say to That"

v t CMA Single of the Year
1967−1970	"There Goes My Everything" (1967) "Harper Valley PTA" (1968) "A Boy Named Sue" (1969) "Okie from Muskogee" (1970)
1971-1980	"Help Me Make It Through the Night" (1971) "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." (1972) "Behind Closed Doors" (1973) "Country Bumpkin" (1974) "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" (1975) "Good Hearted Woman" (1976) "Lucille" (1977) "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" (1978) "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (1979) "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (1980)
1981-1990	"Elvira" (1981) "Always on My Mind" (1982) "Swingin'" (1983) "A Little Good News" (1984) "Why Not Me" (1985) "Bop" (1986) "Forever and Ever, Amen" (1987) "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" (1988) "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" (1989) "When I Call Your Name" (1990)
1991-2000	"Friends in Low Places" (1991) "Achy Breaky Heart" (1992) "Chattahoochee" (1993) "I Swear" (1994) "When You Say Nothing at All" (1995) "Check Yes or No" (1996) "Strawberry Wine" (1997) "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" (1998) "Wide Open Spaces" (1999) "I Hope You Dance" (2000)
2001-2010	"I am a Man Of Constant Sorrow" (2001) "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" (2002) "Hurt" (2003) "Live Like You Were Dying" (2004) "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" (2005) "Believe" (2006) "Before He Cheats" (2007) "I Saw God Today" (2008) "I Run to You" (2009) "Need You Now" (2010)
2011-2020	"If I Die Young" (2011) "Pontoon" (2012) "Cruise" (2013) "Automatic" (2014) "Girl Crush" (2015) "Die a Happy Man" (2016) "Blue Ain't Your Color" (2017) "Broken Halos" (2018) "God's Country" (2019) "The Bones" (2020)