"I Can't Do That Anymore" is the title of a song recorded by American country music

Country music

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 artist Faith Hill

Faith Hill

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. Written by Alan Jackson

Alan Jackson

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, it was the fifth and final single from Hill's It Matters to Me

It Matters to Me

-Personnel:*Gary Carter – pedal steel guitar*Ashley Cleveland – background vocals*Bill Cuomo – synthesizer*Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar*Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar*Trey Gray – drums*Lisa Gregg – background vocals...

album, and peaked at #8 on the Billboard Country charts

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 in 1997.

Concept

The song focuses on the female narrator, who sacrifices her individuality by giving up a job, cutting her hair, and tending to household chores in an attempt to satisfy her husband. Finally, she demands acknowlegment for her deeds, saying that she can no longer do what she has been doing, because "a woman needs a little something of her own". In their 2003 book The Women of Country Music, authors Charles K. Wolfe and James Edward Akenson describe the song as "continuing on the topic of self-reflexive exploration" which Hill had built on by previous singles such as "But I Will".

Music video

Footage was shot for a video, directed by Jon Small. It was filmed on location in Los Angeles

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. The video is depicting Hill as a young newlywed whose husband had just moved the couple out west in hopes of striking oil. The footage was edited into two separate videos. The storyline is virtually the same in both versions, but with two completely different outcomes. In one version, Hill grows frustrated with her husband's neglect, and the video ends with no clear resolution (though it is assumed that she leaves him). The alternate version progresses in much the same way, until the very end. Just as Hill is ready to leave her marriage behind, the oil well finally erupts. Hill and her husband instantly forget their frustrations with each other and dance in a shower of the falling oil, a symbol of the better times that await the couple.

Chart positions

"I Can't Do That Anymore" debuted at number 66 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 19, 1996.

Chart (1996-1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	8
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	11