"Stealing Kisses"

September 4, 2006

4:23

Chart performance[edit]

"Stealing Kisses" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs the week of October 14, 2006, at number 58, the second highest debut of the week but the lowest debut for a single from Fireflies. The next week, the song rose up to number 48. The song entered the top forty the week of November 25, 2006, at number 39. A week later on December 2, "Stealing Kisses" reached its peak of number 36; the song would spend a total of twenty weeks. It became the only single from Fireflies to not enter the top ten of the chart, with all of the other singles ("Mississippi Girl", "Like We Never Loved at All", "The Lucky One", and "Sunshine and Summertime") reaching peak positions of numbers one, five, five, and seven respectively.


The song also had very minor success in Canada, debuting on the Canada Country chart the week of December 2, 2006. The song reached its peak of number 44 the next week and only spend three weeks in the country.

Critical reception[edit]

Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe reviewed the song favorably. He wrote that "Hill infuses Lori McKenna’s saga of a slowly sinking housewife with a bittersweet Wynette-worthy vocal."[3]

- electric guitar

Tom Bukovac

- Dobro

Dan Dugmore

- mandolin

Stuart Duncan

- drums

Shannon Forrest

Byron Gallimore - keyboard, organ

Jimmy Nichols - piano

- acoustic guitar

Bryan Sutton

- background vocals

Kelly Willis

- bass guitar

Glenn Worf

From Fireflies liner notes.[4]