What Part of No - wikipedia What Part of No `` What Part of No '' Single by Lorrie Morgan from the album Watch Me B - side `` You Leave Me Like This '' Released December 7, 1992 Format single Genre Country Length 2 : 45 Label BNA Songwriter ( s ) Wayne Perry, Gerald Smith Producer ( s ) Richard Landis Lorrie Morgan singles chronology `` Watch Me '' ( 1992 ) `` What Part of No '' ( 1992 ) `` I Guess You Had to Be There '' ( 1993 ) `` Watch Me '' ( 1992 ) `` What Part of No '' ( 1992 ) `` I Guess You Had to Be There '' ( 1993 ) `` What Part of No '' is a song written by Wayne Perry and Gerald Smith, and recorded by American country music artist Lorrie Morgan. It was released in December 1992 as the second single from her album Watch Me. The song reached Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts dated for the week of February 27, 1993, holding the Number One position for three weeks. To date, it is Morgan 's biggest hit. She performed the song on the live telecast of the 11th annual Music City News Country Songwriters Awards. Contents 1 Story 2 Analyses 3 Chart positions 3.1 Year - end charts 4 References 5 External links Story A woman in a social setting is approached repeatedly by a persistent man who sends her a rose, then buys her a drink and asks her to dance. The woman, uninterested in the man despite his advances, finally asks `` What part of ' no ' do n't you understand ? '' Analyses The writer Sandy Carter cites `` What Part of No '' in an article on the politics of country music, giving it as an example of his argument, `` Most significantly, the commercial appeal of the current generation of country women seems directly linked to a feminist oriented lyric. '' He argues that this song, together with Morgan 's other hits `` Watch Me '' and `` Five Minutes '', sends a message that the singer `` takes clear control of her relationships '' and then discusses similar trends in songs by other artists. The song is also mentioned in the introduction to a legal article, `` What Part of ' No ' Do n't You Understand ? '', as `` forcefully relat ( ing ) the anguish of a victim of sexual harassment. '' Chart positions Chart ( 1992 - 1993 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1993 ) Position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 37 US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 28 Preceded by `` Can I Trust You With My Heart '' by Travis Tritt Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number - one single February 27 - March 13, 1993 Succeeded by `` Heartland '' by George Strait Preceded by `` Tryin ' to Hide a Fire in the Dark '' by Billy Dean RPM Country Tracks number - one single March 27, 1993 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 286 -- 287. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. Jump up ^ Music City News Country Songwriters Awards Jump up ^ Sandy Carter, `` Wild And Blue : The Politics Of Country, '' Z Magazine, September 1994 Jump up ^ William D. Evans Jr. `` What Part of ' No ' Do n't You Understand ? : Recent Developments in Workplace Sexual Harassment Law, '' Tennessee Bar Journal, Vol. 36, No. 5, May 2000 Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 1712. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 27, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Lorrie Morgan -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Lorrie Morgan. Jump up ^ `` RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993 ''. RPM. December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Best of 1993 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013. External links What Part of No at The Phrase Finder Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Lorrie Morgan Studio albums Leave the Light On Something in Red Watch Me War Paint Greater Need Shakin ' Things Up Secret Love My Heart I Finally Found Someone Show Me How A Moment in Time Dos Divas Compilation albums Reflections : Greatest Hits To Get to You : Greatest Hits Collection Holiday albums Merry Christmas from London Notable singles `` Trainwreck of Emotion '' `` Dear Me '' `` Out of Your Shoes '' `` Five Minutes '' `` He Talks to Me '' `` We Both Walk '' `` A Picture of Me ( Without You ) '' `` Except for Monday '' `` Something in Red '' `` Watch Me '' `` What Part of No '' `` I Guess You Had to Be There '' `` Half Enough '' `` Crying Time '' `` My Night to Howl '' `` I Did n't Know My Own Strength '' `` Back in Your Arms Again '' `` By My Side '' ( with Jon Randall ) `` Good as I Was to You '' `` Go Away '' `` One of Those Nights Tonight '' `` Maybe Not Tonight '' ( with Sammy Kershaw ) Guest singles `` ' Til a Tear Becomes a Rose '' ( with Keith Whitley ) Related articles Discography George Morgan Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=What_Part_of_No&oldid=799054339 '' Categories : 1993 singles Lorrie Morgan songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles RPM Country Tracks number - one singles Song recordings produced by Richard Landis BNA Records singles 1992 songs Songs written by Wayne Perry ( country music ) Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canadacountry Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 5 September 2017, at 10 : 38. 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Question: who sang what part of no don't you understand
Answer: American country music artist Lorrie Morgan