"Before He Cheats " is a song written by Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear and the third single from Carrie Underwood's debut studio album, Some Hearts (2005). It was the fifth release of the album as a whole. This song tells the story of a woman who takes revenge on her unfaithful girlfriend/husband.
The song became a huge success, outperforming the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for five consecutive weeks, reaching the top five on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, and being top ten hits at < i> Billboard Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Contemporary charts. At the Hot 100 chart, "Before He Cheats" reached the eighth and reached a 64-week long lifetime on the chart, making it the sixth longest chart in Hot 100 chart history.
"Before He Cheats" became the first country song to sell over two million digitally and was once the best-selling country song of all time. It has sold 4,312,000 digital downloads per May 2016, and was once the best-selling song by American Idol contestant but is now third best-selling (behind Phillip Phillips) "Home" and Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger ( What Does not Kill You) "). It has also been certified 5ÃÆ'â € "Platinum by RIAA, the best-selling single in Underwood to date.
The song has received numerous awards. At the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, Underwood won a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and the songwriter won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song. It received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Song of the Year as well. It was also crowned as Single of the Year 2007 by the Country Music Association Awards. It ranks at CMT's 40 Greatest of the Decade Songs at number 25, along with the other signature Underwood's hit sign, "Jesus, Take the Wheel", which ranks fourth.
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"Before He Cheats" tells the story of a woman who takes revenge on her potentially disloyal boyfriend or husband.
She imagines her hanging out and teasing with the "bleach-blonde" girl, shooting the pool, buying her drinks, dancing, and hoping to "get lucky" with her. In retaliation, he damaged his four-wheel drive vehicle adjusted by locking the sides, carving his name in his leather chair, smashing the headlights with Louisville Slugger's baseball bat, and slashing all four tires. All of these actions are part of his hope that this will make him "think before he cheats" again.
Though the song is about the story of revenge, according to Carrie Underwood, while she has been duped before, "I would not recommend doing property damage, though.I 'let go, move' â € <â € "Before He Cheats" is set in the F-f minor key. It has a moderate tempo in time cut with a "shuffle" beat. The main chord of the song is F ? mED sus 2-C ? m, and Underwood vocals range from F ? 3-C ? 5. Maps Before He Cheats
Music video
The music video for "Before He Cheats" was directed by Roman White. At the beginning of the video Underwood is seen leaving the parking lot brandishing Louisville Slugger, just damaging his husband/boyfriend truck for having an affair. In another scene, "husband/girlfriend" (played by actor Tabb Shoup) is seen kissing another woman. As the video progresses, Underwood takes the stage to sing because the various objects behind him, like the lights, look exploding. At one point, a screen shot of the front seat of the truck was visible under the name of Underwood carved in it, which he mentioned during the choir of the song. Finally, he caught up with her husband/girlfriend affair with another woman. After a moment of surprise, he mocks and drops the key to his now destroyed truck in his drink. Toward the end, Struts underground down the street, singing along with the song, while different objects displayed flying in the air, the glasses look broken, and the light bulb exploded, paying respects to Brian De Palma's Carrie . At the end of the music video, the truck was completely destroyed.
The initial scene in the video featuring crowds on the narrow street and Underwood in the parking garage, filmed in and around Printer's Alley in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The last scene, featuring exploding glass and a light bulb, was filmed on Fourth Avenue north of Church Street in Nashville.
"Before He Cheats" made the history of GAC's music video by debuting at number one. It also marks the third number one music video in GAC for Underwood. It made history in the Top Twenty Countdown CMT to be number one for five consecutive weeks. In December 2006, "Before He Cheats" was named the best video of 2006 by Top 20 Countdown CMT. It also finished number two on GAC Video of the Year for 2006 behind Trace Adkins "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk". Proving the success of the crossover, the video made its debut at number 15 on VSpot Top 20 Countdown, peaking at number 4.
This video aired on MTV's Total Request Live in April 2007, this is the second country music video to be shown in the program, the first being "This Shoe Made for Walkin '" by Jessica Simpson.
On April 16, 2007, the video for "Before He Cheats" won the CMT Music Awards, winning three categories: Video of the Year, Women's Video of the Year, and Director of the Year. Underwood made history by becoming the first woman to win a Video of the Year award.
The video also garnered a Carrie nomination for Music Video of the Year at the 2007 Country Music Association Awards and a nomination for the 2007 MTV Video Music Award in the New Artist Best category.
During the NBC Sunday Night Football game Dallas Cowboys-New York Giants, the song was played during the Dallas offensive line-up announcement after Underwood broke up with Dallas QB Tony Romo.
His music video was ranked 9th in CMT's 100 Greatest Videos. It's also ranked number one on the GAC Top 50 Videos of the 2000s .
In 2009, the music video for the song was chosen by fans as VH1's Greatest Diva Music Video of all time, prior to the annual show of VH1 Divas Live special.
Commercial performance
"Before He Cheats" first appeared on the charts in February 2006. Though at that time not yet released as a single, many state stations began to deliver unwanted songs playing, leading them to debut on the Billboard Hot Song Country Songs at number 59. By the time the song was officially released as the third singles single in August of that year, it had spent 20 consecutive weeks on the charts, reaching as high as number 49. After the official release , the song climbed the charts quickly, reaching number one in November and staying there for five weeks. This is the number one and four consecutive number one in the world. It also debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at 92, and in November has reached number 16 on the chart. At the end of 2006, the song began slowly down the charts, and it turned out that the single had reached its peak.
However, pop radio began paying attention to the song in February 2007, around the time of the Grammy Award Underwood win. As the single raises its top 40 games, it begins to soar on the Hot 100 chart. New impressions, along with the attention of many of the awards for the song, such as favorite country song at People's Choice Awards 2007 in January and Video of the Year at CMT 2007 in April, reviving digital sales as well. When it finally peaked at number 8 in May 2007, it was logged 38 weeks on the charts, making it the longest trip to the top 10 ever. As the pop drama begins to subside, the song earns a third life in adult adult format, which starts playing songs in May. "Before He Cheats" spent 64 consecutive weeks on the Hot 100 chart, before finally falling in late November 2007. The song is one of the longest hits in Billboard's history, and is the third-longest hit from the decade of the 2000s.
"Before He Cheats" was ranked sixth on the 2007 Hot 100 Year-end chart and fifth on the 2007 Hot 100 Airplay Year-end chart by Billboard. It is also ranked tenth in the Contemporary Year End 2007 chart.
The song sold over two million in digital sales in December 2007, and was certified 2ÃÆ'â € "Platinum by the RIAA in February 2008, making it the first country song to achieve this feat. It was the best-selling single from American Idol contestants to Kelly Clarkson "Stronger (What Does not Kill You)" surpassed it in spring 2012, and is still the best-selling single on Underwood date. It has sold over a million ringtones. In Canada, it is certified as Platinum. On August 10, 2015, the song was certified 5ÃÆ'â € "Platinum by the RIAA.
The song has sold 4,312,000 digital downloads in the United States in May 2016, and it is the third best-selling song by American Idol contestants in the United States (behind Phillip Phillips) "Home" and Kelly Clarkson "More Strong (What Does not Kill You) "). This is also the eighth best-selling country song in the US.
On January 16, 2014, "Before He Cheats" entered the Irish Singles Chart in number 98, becoming Underwood's first appearance on the chart.
On December 31, 2015, the song performed live together with "Smoke Break" and "Heartbeat" on Rockin 'Eve Dick Clark's Night. .
cover version
- R & amp; B singer Joe features a cover version of the song as Pepsi Smash exclusive on Yahoo! Music. He changed the lyrics to fit the male perspective and named his version "Before I Cheat".
- On the second annual special Idi Gives Back Idii, Teri Hatcher and Band from TV cover the song. The show took place after a scene where TV Hatcher's husband (James Denton) repaired the Underwood sink which prompted Hatcher to later "steal his song" because Underwood "tried to steal her husband."
- In 2010, Adrianne Leon sang a cover version of the American soap opera General Hospital while playing Brook Lynn Ashton.
- Jennifer Love Hewitt performed the song on the second episode of the first season Client List .
- In 2013, Sasha Allen performed the song on The Voice .
- On his debut album in 2014, Ana Gasteyer released a jazz song from the song.
- In the movie Pitch Perfect 2 , this song was performed during Riff-off by Barden Bellas.
Other versions
At the 2017 CMA Awards, Brad Paisley and Underwood perform "Before He Tweets", which mocks President Donald Trump.
Awards and nominations
50th Grammy Awards
The 33rd Person Choice Awards
2007 CMT Music Awards
Academy Music Country Awards 2007
MTV Video Music Awards 2007
Awards Country Music Association 2007
Country Music Awards ASCAP 2007
Young Women Award 2007
Graphics and certification
References
External links
- Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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