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"Before He Cheats" tells the story of a woman taking revenge on her potentially unfaithful boyfriend or husband. It was originally written for Gretchen Wilson before it was recorded by Underwood. [12] She imagines him hanging out and flirting with a "bleach-blonde" girl, shooting pool, buying her a drink, dancing, and hoping to "get lucky" with ...
There's no "next time" for a song like Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" — a 2006 genre-defying country smash whose success cannot be repeated.
“Before He Cheats,” by Carrie Underwood. ... “You asked a question and I lied / I think about it all the time / I was wrong to think I'm right / Playing God with you and I / But the truth ...
"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 ...
[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]
From Taylor Swift to Carrie Underwood, ever major songwriter has written a song about cheating.
Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) [1] is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. Underwood's single "Inside Your Heaven" (2005) made her the first country artist to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the only solo country artist in the 2000s to have a number-one song on the Hot 100.
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 ...