I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No

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I’m Not Strong Enough to Say No

“I’m Not Strong Enough to Say No” is a country song by Blackhawk, written by Robert John “Mutt” Lange. It was released on July 10, 1995 as the lead single from the album Strong Enough. The radio edit runs 3:46 and the album version is 4:15; the B-side is “A Kiss Is Worth a Thousand Words.” The record was produced by Mark Bright and issued on Arista Nashville.

The song’s narrator finds himself falling for another man’s wife. As they spend time together, he compares being with her to skating on slippery ice and fears he may not be able to stop if they keep going.

Billboard praised the track, with Deborah Evans Price noting that Henry Paul’s vocal gives the group a distinctive sound and calling it another strong offering from the trio. The music video was directed by Jim Shea.

On the charts, the song debuted at #72 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of July 29, 1995, and climbed to #2 on the weeks of October 21 and October 28, 1995, behind Garth Brooks’s “She’s Every Woman” and David Lee Murphy’s “Dust on the Bottle.” In Canada, it reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart on the week of November 6, 1995, giving Blackhawk their first Canadian number one.