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"Before He Cheats" is a song by American singer Carrie Underwood from her debut studio album, Some Hearts (2005). Written by Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear, it was released as the fourth single from the album. The song tells the story of a woman taking revenge on her unfaithful partner by vandalizing his car.
[3] Songwriters Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear, who previously wrote "Before He Cheats" for Underwood's debut album, Some Hearts, worked on a track titled "Blown Away" and sent it to the singer. [4] Underwood loved the song and recorded it, also naming her album Blown Away as it was the song that defined the album's darker direction. [5]
Written by Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear, who previously wrote Underwood's single "Before He Cheats" (2006), "Blown Away" is a country pop song; the lyrics are about a young woman who locks herself in a storm cellar while her abusive, alcoholic father is passed out on the couch in the path of a tornado.
Carrie Underwood spent some time reminiscing about her early days competing on American Idol as she shared a snippet from her journal at that time with fans on social media.. The eight-time Grammy ...
"Before He Cheats" subsequently peaked at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart for five consecutive weeks, and at number eight on the Hot 100; it proved to be a huge crossover hit, making appearances in the top 20 of every chart on which it appeared, and it is the biggest hit overall from the album. When it finally peaked at number 8 in ...
Underwood wrote in an August social media post. ... The "Before He Cheats" singer is taking over for Katy Perry, who revealed that she was leaving the show to focus on music. Underwood, an ...
In 2007, Kear co-wrote Carrie Underwood's hit "Before He Cheats" with Chris Tompkins. [2] The song dominated the US Hot Country Songs chart for five weeks and earned a Grammy Award for Best Country Song. [3] [4] The song is one of the longest-charting hits in Billboard history, and was the third longest-running hit of the 2000s decade. [5] [6]
He started working with Big Loud Shirt Industries during the summer of 2006 as a songwriter. [1] He and songwriter Josh Kear wrote the multi-platinum seller "Before He Cheats", sung by Carrie Underwood and released in 2007. It was named 2007 Single of the Year by the Country Music Association.