Don't Tell Me What to Do

"Don't Tell Me What to Do"
"Don't Tell Me What to Do"
Single by Pam Tillis
from the album Put Yourself in My Place
B-side	"Melancholy Child"
Released	December 1, 1990
Genre	Country
Length	3:12
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Harlan Howard, Max D. Barnes
Producer(s)	Paul Worley, Ed Seay
Pam Tillis singles chronology

"Don't Tell Me What to Do" is a song written by Harlan Howard and Max D. Barnes, and recorded by the American country music artist Pam Tillis. Her breakthrough single, it was released in December 1990 as the first single from the album Put Yourself in My Place. The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[1]

Marty Stuart recorded this song in 1988 under the title "I'll Love You Forever (If I Want To)" for his Let There Be Country album, although the album was not released until 1992.^[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1990–1991)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	18
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	65

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 348.
^ "No title". The Journal of Country Music. 15–16. 1992.
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1484." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. April 6, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
^ "Pam Tillis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

v t e Pam Tillis
Discography
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	Collection Greatest Hits
Songs	"One of Those Things" "Those Memories of You" "Don't Tell Me What to Do" "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" "Ancient History" "Five Minutes" "Someone Else's Trouble Now"
See also	Mel Tillis

v t e Marty Stuart
Studio albums	Busy Bee Cafe Marty Stuart Let There Be Country Hillbilly Rock Tempted This One's Gonna Hurt You Once Upon a Time Love and Luck Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best The Pilgrim Country Music Souls' Chapel Badlands: Ballads of the Lakota Live at the Ryman Cool Country Favorites Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions Nashville, Volume 1: Tear the Woodpile Down Saturday Night / Sunday Morning Way Out West
Compilation albums	The Marty Party Hit Pack Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
Notable singles	"Arlene" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Hillbilly Rock" "Western Girls" "Little Things" "Till I Found You" "Tempted" "Burn Me Down" "This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)" (with Travis Tritt) "Now That's Country" "Kiss Me, I'm Gone" "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" (with Travis Tritt) "You Can't Stop Love"
Guest singles	"The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" (with Travis Tritt)
Related articles	Discography Connie Smith "Honky Tonk Crowd" "I'll Love You Forever (If I Want To)"

Don't Tell Me What to Do

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

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