About You Don’t Get To

"I think a lot of people have had someone in their lives that meant a lot to them, and for whatever reason, that person is no longer in their life, whether you decided to move on or that person passed. ... It's a recognition of how much gratitude you have that they were in your life at all in the first place. And you hope they're somewhere out there in the universe thinking the same thing about you."

Even the confrontational "You Don't Get To," with a bed of moody piano and drifting guitars, has a positive slant.

"We all get caught up in these relationships and addicted to certain people," Chesney says. "And we all find a reason to let them back in. But this song was about that person finally standing up for themselves and saying, 'You don't get to act this way anymore, and I'm gonna respect myself and move on with my life.' "

Kenneth Arnold Chesney (born March 26, 1968) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has recorded 20 albums, all of which have been certified Gold or higher by the RIAA. He has also produced more than 40 Top 10 singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, 30 of which have reached number one. Many of these have also charted within the Top 40 of the US Billboard Hot 100, making him one of the most successful crossover country artists. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.

Chesney co-directed and produced a film for ESPN entitled The Boys of Fall. He has received six Academy of Country Music awards (including four consecutive Entertainer of the Year awards from 2005 to 2008),as well as nine awards from the Country Music Association. He is one of the most popular touring acts in country music, regularly selling out the venues in which he performs. His 2007 Flip-Flop Summer Tour was the highest-grossing country road trip of the year.

The Country Music Association honored Chesney with the Entertainer of the Year award in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Other notable awards he received include the Academy of Country Music's 1997 New Male Vocalist of the Year, 2002 Top Male Vocalist of the Year, and the Triple Crown Award in 2005. He was awarded his fourth consecutive Entertainer of the Year award from the Academy of Country Music on May 18, 2008.