# Brooks & Dunn Recorded Their Biggest Hit From 2001 in Only Five Minutes

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/brooks-dunn-recorded-their-biggest-hit-from-2001-in-only-five-minutes/
- Published: 2026-10-30T21:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T21:39:45+00:00
- Original publisher: American Songwriter
- Original article: https://americansongwriter.com/brooks-dunn-recorded-their-biggest-hit-from-2001-in-only-five-minutes/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- The duo recorded the hit in five minutes.
- It spent six weeks at No. 1 on the country chart.
- The first take became the released version.

## Summary

Brooks & Dunn recorded “Ain’t Nothing ’Bout You” in just five minutes at the end of a studio session in 2001. The song became their most successful single, topping the country chart for six weeks and earning the duo nominations for both CMA and ACM awards.

Songwriters Tom Shapiro and Rivers Rutherford wrote it during their first writing session, after Shapiro came up with the idea in the shower. The duo had been due to record “Only in America” first; with ten minutes left in their studio booking, Ronnie Dunn agreed to try the new song, and the recorded version was the first take. “Only in America” later reached No. 1 for one week.

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