Synopsis
Stranded in the Mojave Desert, Shania Twain walks along an empty road with a leopard-print suitcase, waiting for someone to offer her a ride. One by one, men arrive in increasingly flashy vehicles and try to impress her with their possessions, appearance, or bravado. Twain remains amused but unimpressed, rejecting each offer and continuing on her way. The playful desert encounter turns the song's message into a self-assured comic performance, with Twain presenting herself as perfectly capable of going wherever she wants alone.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video was filmed on November 3 and 4, 1998, at El Mirage Dry Lake and in Barstow, California, in the Mojave Desert.
- It premiered on CMT on December 2, 1998.
- The men who approach Twain arrive in a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, on a motorcycle, in an army jeep, in a tanker truck, and on a Friesian horse.
- Male model John Devoe appears in the video. He had previously appeared as Twain's love interest in "You're Still the One."
- Twain later described this as the first video in which she experimented with a different hair color and a cropped bang, helping her feel that she was playing a distinct character.
- The leopard-print look was created with stretch fabric and extended beyond the clothing to include the hood, boots, and suitcase. Twain said the project sparked a stronger interest in shaping and developing her own custom wardrobe.
- The video was produced in two edits: one using the original album version for country outlets and another using the dance mix for pop stations.
- It won Video of the Year at the 1999 Canadian Country Music Awards and a MuchMoreMusic award at the 1999 MuchMusic Video Awards.
- In later retrospectives, it was ranked on both VH1's 100 Greatest Videos in Rock and Roll and CMT's 100 Greatest Videos in Country Music, making it the only video to appear on both lists.