Shania Twain Is Thrilled A Screenplay Called ‘Shania’ Has a Home

Shania Twain is quite excited about a new screenplay based on her life that Sony Pictures have picked up, and she took to Twitter to congratulate the play’s author.

Shania wrote on Twitter, “I want to say a HUGE congratulations to Jessica Welsh on her screenplay ‘Shania!’ being selected for the 2021 Black List and being picked up by Sony Pictures! It’s so awesome to see young women who are determined in making their vision a success (1/3).”

She added a few minutes later, “It takes a lot of guts to do brave things. When I took control of my career, I wanted to kick the door down; I didn’t want to shuffle through it. And I knew that was a big risk, especially as a woman in the country music industry… (2/3). Those are the moments I live for, and I’m inspired by those moments every single time I see another woman, like Welsh, doing just that. Kick those doors down! Let’s go, girls!.”

13 Of Shania Twain’s Very Best Songs

• 13. “Endless Love” (Lionel Richie featuring Shania Twain) – 2012

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  This is a remake but done so nicely by Twain and Richie who recorded it at Shania’s home in the Bahamas. Lionel Richie told me in an interview later that she was the hardest person to pin down when he decided to record his country collaboration album, Tuskegee. 

• 12. “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?” – 1995

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  Really the song that started it all for Shania who splashed onto the scene like a hurricane in 1995. Still a solid song to this day. 

• 11. “The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)” – 1995

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  This is another song Shania wrote with her then-husband and producer Robert “Mutt” Lange. It was her third number-one single on country radio. 
• 10. “(If You’re Not in It for Love) I’m Outta Here!” – 1995

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  Her fourth number one song and the first single promoted with several different mixes. 

• 9. “God Bless the Child” – 1996

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  A touching song that showed Shania’s softer side. Her eighth single from her ‘Woman In Me’ album, the video features two choirs. One included the Fisk University Jubilee Singers, and the second was a local performing arts choirs singing along with Twain in a hangar at the Nashville airport.

• 8. “Love Gets Me Every Time” – 1997

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  The lead single from Twain's third studio album Come On Over. Twain developed the song at first and brought it to Lange under the title, "'Gol Darn Gone and Done It", which derived from a country expression. The name made Lange burst into laughter when he first heard it, and the couple completed the song together.
• 7. “Any Man of Mine” – 1995

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  This song was nominated for both Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 1996 Grammy Awards. It won Single of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards.

• 6. “Honey, I’m Home” – 1998

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  This one is freaking catchy. I’ve been singing it since I started this list. Is it fair to say the lyrics are super simple? Well, they are, and maybe that’s what appeals to me. The song became Shania's seventh, and to date, her final number-one single on the Billboard Country singles chart. 

• 5. “That Don’t Impress Me Much” – 1998

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  Any song that mentions that Brad Pitt doesn’t “impress me much” is a winner for me. Yeah, I love Pitt, but this song has it all, and what a beat.  In 2017, during a listening party for her fifth studio album Now, Twain revealed the reason behind using Brad Pitt's name instead of other male celebrities. She said that after she heard about the scandal between Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow and the subsequent leaking of Pitt's naked photo in Playgirl magazine, she was left unimpressed by all the fuss as she felt that it was normal to see naked people.
• 4. “From This Moment On” – 1997

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  What an emotional love song! This song was written during a soccer game in Italy. “My husband loves sports. I don't know the game that well, so my mind drifted, and I started writing."  Initially, Shania thought that "From This Moment On" would be perfect for singer Celine Dion.

• 3. “No One Needs to Know” – 1996

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  I have always loved the rhythm and the words of this song. She plays the song live in concert with just a twelve-string guitar. It is featured in the 1996 movie Twister. 

• 2. “You’re Still the One” – 1997

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  So very good. "You're Still the One" was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 1999, winning two. It won Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
• 1.”Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” – 1999

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  An epic anthem and the song that closes out every one of Shania’s shows. My son wasn’t even born till 2007, almost ten years after the song came out, and well, because of his mom, he knows every word.