"Not Ready to Make Nice" is a country–pop song written and recorded by the American all-female band The Dixie Chicks for their seventh studio album, "Taking the Long Way" (2006).

This music video broke the record as the longest run at #1 on VH1's VSpot Top 20 Countdown spending 14 weeks at #1, 13 of them consecutive.

In December 2006, it was named by VH1 to be one of the 20 best videos of the year.

In February 11, 2007, this song won the three Grammy Awards in the categories of Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.