Aaron Tippin (born July 3, 1958) is a country music singer.

Born in … Read Full Bio ↴Aaron Tippin (born July 3, 1958) is a country music singer.

Born in Pensacola, Florida, but raised in upstate South Carolina, Tippin performed in local honky-tonks in the 1970s. He competed on TNN's "You Can Be A Star" talent contest in 1986, landed a song publishing contract and moved to Nashville in 1987. During this time he wrote songs for The Kingsmen, David Ball, The Midsouth Boys, Mark Collie, and Charlie Pride. He would spend his nights working at a mill in Kentucky and spend his days driving 60 miles to Nashville to write songs.

Tippin performed his first Nashville nightclub show in 1990, and it earned him a contract with RCA records. His first single, "You've Got to Stand for Something", cracked the top 10 in 1991 and allowed him to go to the Persian Gulf with Bob Hope, to entertain the troops. Then, in 1992, Aaron's single "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With the Radio" stayed at No. 1 for three weeks.

In 1995, Tippin married Thea Corontzos, and he, Thea, and his manager, Billy Craven, created Tippin's company, Tip Top Entertainment. Tippin also opened two hunting supply stores called Aaron Tippin Firearms. One is located close to where he lives in Smithville, Tennessee, and the other run by his father in Oak City, North Carolina.

In 1998, Tippin moved to Lyric Street Records and charted a No.1 hit with "Kiss This", co-written with his wife Thea in 2000. In the wake of 9/11, his patriotic anthem, "Where the Stars and Stripes and Eagle Fly", peaked at No. 2. Both songs crossed over onto the Hot 100 charts; in fact, "Stars And Stripes" was his biggest crossover hit.

In 2006, Tippin started up his own record label, Nippit Records; the label's name is "Tippin" spelled backwards.

Other facts

* Survived lightning strikes on (at least) seven different occasions.
* Was granted pilot licence when he was 15

Ten Pound Hammer
Aaron Tippin Lyrics

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If somebody would've told me
One woman could hold me
And leave me weak as a baby
I'd have told 'em they were crazy

Love hit me like a
ten pound hammer
A ten pound hammer

with a five foot swing

I used to play it so cool
Lord knows that I was no fool
No chains would ever bind me
But those days are all behind me-
you see

Love hit me like a
ten pound hammer
A ten pound hammer
with a five foot swing

I never saw love's power
Just the hearts and the flowers
When I fell it was frightening
It struck me down like lightning-
when

Love hit me like a
ten pound hammer
A ten pound hammer
with a five foot swing

I used to live like a rolling stone
Nobody had a hold on me
All it took was a kiss from you
To bring me right to my knees

Love hit me like a
ten pound hammer
A ten pound hammer
with a five foot swing

Yeah, that's all she wrote

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Ten Pound Hammer" by Aaron Tippin talks about a man who experiences the overwhelming and transformative power of love. The first stanza has him admitting that he never thought one woman could make him weak but now he's been proven wrong. He then declares that love hit him like a ten pound hammer with a five-foot swing, emphasizing the sheer, extraordinary and unexpected impact of it. In the second and third stanzas, he reminisces over his past as a free and independent spirit until this love struck him hard, making him realize that love is far more powerful than he ever thought, capable of breaking down his walls and transforming him completely. The final stanza where he says "All it took was a kiss from you, to bring me right to my knees" further emphasizes his realization of the sheer intensity of this newfound love.

Overall, it’s a song about the intense power and force of love - as a thing far stronger than one might expect, and transformative force that completely changes who you are.

Line by Line Meaning

If somebody would've told me
If someone would have told me

One woman could hold me
I could be held by just one woman

And leave me weak as a baby
And make me feel weak and helpless like a baby

I'd have told 'em they were crazy
I would not have believed them

Love hit me like a
Love impacted me just like a

ten pound hammer
heavy hammer weighing ten pounds

A ten pound hammer
A hammer weighing ten pounds

with a five foot swing
with a swing of five feet

I used to play it so cool
I used to pretend like I was not interested in love

Lord knows that I was no fool
God is aware that I was not stupid

No chains would ever bind me
I believed nothing could ever tie me down