Doin' Somethin' Right | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 18, 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2005 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 40:14 | |||
Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
Producer | Carson Chamberlain | |||
Billy Currington chronology | ||||
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Singles from Doin' Somethin' Right | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Stylus Magazine | B− [2] |
Doin' Somethin' Right is the second studio album by American country music singer Billy Currington. It was released in October 2005 via Mercury Records Nashville. The album produced three singles with the songs "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right", "Why, Why, Why", and "Good Directions", which peaked at numbers 1, 13, and 1, respectively, on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The album has also been certified two-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Also included on this album is a cover of Kenny Rogers' hit single "Lucille".
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Wanna Be a Hillbilly" | Brett Jones | 3:06 |
2. | "Good Directions" | Rachel Thibodeau, Luke Bryan | 3:35 |
3. | "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" | Marty Dodson, Patrick Jason Matthews | 4:29 |
4. | "Why, Why, Why" | Mark Nesler, Billy Currington, Tony Martin | 2:45 |
5. | "That Changes Everything" | David Lee, Tony Lane | 3:49 |
6. | "Little Bit Lonely" | Brett James, Blair Daly | 3:46 |
7. | "She's Got a Way with Me" | Michael McDonald, Currington | 4:46 |
8. | "Lucille" | Hal Bynum, Roger Bowling | 4:08 |
9. | "Whole Lot More" | Carson Chamberlain, Currington | 2:31 |
10. | "Here I Am" | Chamberlain, Currington | 3:41 |
11. | "She Knows What to Do with a Saturday Night" | Gary Nicholson, Trent Summar | 3:38 |
Weekly charts
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Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||
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US Country | US | US Pop | CAN | ||
2005 | "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" | 1 | 39 | 63 | — |
2006 | "Why, Why, Why" | 13 | 99 | — | — |
"Good Directions" | 1 | 42 | 66 | 67 | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [9] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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