▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁Kevin ▁John ▁Co y ne ▁of ▁Country ▁Un iverse ▁gave ▁the ▁song ▁an ▁A ▁grade ," ▁saying ▁that ▁the ▁song ▁" def ies ▁explanation " ▁because ▁Jackson ▁" per fect ly ▁inhab its ▁the ▁song ’ s ▁aff able ▁wear iness , ▁and ▁because ▁Scott ▁Hend r icks ▁and ▁Keith ▁Ste g all ▁ar range ▁it ▁to ▁hon ky - ton k ▁heaven ." ▁ ▁Music ▁video ▁The ▁music ▁video ▁for ▁the ▁song ▁premier ed ▁on ▁May ▁ 2 , ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁on ▁C MT , ▁and ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Jul ien ▁Temple , ▁and ▁begins ▁in ▁black ▁and ▁white , ▁where ▁Jackson ▁described ▁about ▁the ▁song , ▁and ▁then , ▁it ▁cut s ▁to ▁Jackson ▁playing ▁his ▁guitar ▁and ▁singing ▁the ▁song ▁while ▁standing ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁a ▁ju ke box . ▁As ▁he ▁does ▁this , ▁a ▁se ated ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁sh adows ▁nod s ▁his ▁head ▁and ▁t aps ▁the ▁table ▁to ▁the ▁beat . ▁Several ▁people ▁come ▁and ▁dance ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁ju ke box ▁during ▁the ▁song , ▁including ▁Hal ▁Smith , ▁referencing ▁or ▁possibly ▁repr ising ▁his ▁role ▁as ▁Ot is ▁Campbell ▁from ▁The ▁Andy ▁Griff ith ▁Show , ▁while ▁some ▁people ▁who ▁come ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁ju ke box ▁sh ake ▁it ▁around ▁an gr ily , ▁thus ▁prompt ing ▁Jackson ▁to ▁sing ▁the ▁title ▁line ▁of ▁the ▁song . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁video , ▁the ▁se ated ▁figure ▁morph s ▁into ▁George ▁Jones , ▁who