lyrically centers on greed and consumer culture, a topic Twain had never sung about before.
Music, "it's essentially Radiohead's "squealing Gucci little piggies" served up for those without Oxford educations and Naomi Klein's Guardian columns: "We spend the money that we don't possess/Our religion is to go and blow it all".
[3] The song was, ironically enough, originally written for a planned Christmas album that was meant to be released in 1999 but that project was delayed and eventually shelved.
[7] In the second verse, she sings that the shallow, materialistic people are irresponsible and will go to drastic lengths, including risking foreclosure on their home to buy more stuff ("when you're broke go and get a loan/take out another mortgage on your home/consolidate so you can afford/to go and spend some more when you get bored").
"[3] Jake Taylor from Sputnikmusic agreed, writing that the song is "one of the more triumphant moments of the album.
[9] Lachlan Sutherland from "UK Mix" wrote: "The song is a definite stand out track, with incredibly witty lyrics.
"[2] "Traveling to the Heart" wrote a very positive review, stating: "Twain's delivery matter-of-fact and matches the biting tone.
"[7] Country Universe's Kevin John Coyne praised the song as "channeling all that is best about ABBA without sounding dated.
It became her highest charting single in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Hungary where it spent 62 weeks in the top 40.
The video depicts a city consumed with greed, Twain finds the streets empty and cars left abandoned while everyone is in a casino, sticking with the theme of the song.
Scenes of Twain sporting a silver outfit and a red dress, both by Marc Bouwer are intercut throughout the video.
These scenes are the base of two further versions of the video that lack the narrative and only show Twain performing the song in the studio.
The main "Red" version is an upbeat rhythmic song with a Middle Eastern influence.