"Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" is the title of a song written by Jim Collins

Jim Collins (singer)

Jim Collins is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1985 and 1998, Collins released three studio albums. He also charted seven singles on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart...

 and David Lee Murphy

David Lee Murphy

David Lee Murphy is an American country music artist. Signed to MCA Nashville Records in 1994, Murphy made his first appearance on the Billboard country charts that year with "Just Once", a song from the soundtrack to the 1994 film 8 Seconds. A year later, Murphy's debut album Out with a Bang was...

 and recorded by American country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 duo Thompson Square

Thompson Square

Thompson Square is an American country music duo composed of husband and wife Keifer Thompson and Shawna Thompson. They signed to Stoney Creek Records, a sister label of Broken Bow Records, in January 2010 and have released three singles: "Let's Fight", "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" and "I Got...

. It was released in July 2010 as the second single from their self-titled debut album, which was released on February 8, 2011. The song has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Content

"Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" is a country love song. In the first verse, the song's male narrator describes sitting with his love interest and talking, and being caught off guard when she says to him 'are you gonna kiss me or not?' In the second verse he describes the kiss favorably, and decides to take a chance and ask for her hand in marriage. The song's bridge describes the events of the couple getting married, and him lifting up her veil before asking her 'are you gonna kiss me or not?'

The song is in the key of A-flat major, with an approximate tempo of 80 beats per minute and a vocal range from A3 to F5.

Reception

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song a positive review, referring to it as "cute, playful, romantic and a prime example of the kind of song an artist needs to breakthrough with." Country Standard Time

Country Standard Time

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reviewer Jeff Lincoln also described the song favorably, saying that it "shows off a good bit of what makes the duo fun".

Music video

The music video was directed by Wes Edwards

Wes Edwards

Wes Edwards is a music video and commercial director. He has directed several Jason Aldean videos, as well as others.-Music videos directed:This is a list of music videos directed by Wes Edwards...

. It was filmed in St. Augustine, Florida

St. Augustine, Florida

St. Augustine is a city in the northeast section of Florida and the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida, United States. Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorer and admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, it is the oldest continuously occupied European-established city and port in the continental United...

 in September 2010. It shows the duo singing outside a gate. It then moves to inside a lighthouse, where the performance continues. The next scene shows the duo in the water, at the beach and by the light of the moon, as well as scenes that are acted out, pertaining to the song's lyrics. The video ends with the duo kissing each other, which is actually turned out to be a reflection of them in the lighthouse's glass windows.

Chart performance

"Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" became Thompson Square's first Number One hit on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

dated for April 9, 2011. It is also the first Number One hit for the Stoney Creek label. > > >

Chart (2010-2011)	Peak position