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It is also the eighth best-selling country song in the US. [21] On January 16, 2014, "Before He Cheats" entered the Irish Singles Chart at number 98, becoming Underwood's first appearance on that chart. [22] On December 31, 2015, the song was performed live along with "Smoke Break" and "Heartbeat" on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. [23] [24]
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 Country Song of the Year. [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 ...
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.
Here are 20 of the best songs about cheating, and being cheated on. ... “Before He Cheats,” by Carrie Underwood. Is there a more famous cheating-adjacent song in music history? We think not.
"Before He Cheats" was released as the next single, and climbed the charts faster than any of Underwood's other singles, making it into the top twenty of the Hot Country Songs chart before the release of a music video. "Before He Cheats" subsequently peaked at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart for five consecutive weeks, and at number ...
It was named 2007 Single of the Year by the Country Music Association. Tompkins won the 2007 MusicRow "Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year" award and was honored as the Alabama Music Hall of Fame songwriter of the year. [8] The following year "Before He Cheats" won several categories at the 50th Grammy Awards, including Country Song of the Year.
In the original YouTube video, Anthony is seen giving a passionate acoustic performance of the song — his first professionally recorded track — while standing outdoors before a wooded background.
The song sold 2,300,000 copies, making it the fourth-biggest single of her career behind "Jesus, Take the Wheel", "Before He Cheats", and "Blown Away". [3] The song received positive reviews from critics and became the fastest climbing country single of 2009. It also became Underwood's eighth number one country single in the United States.