"Don't Think I Don't Think About It" | ||||
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Single by Darius Rucker | ||||
from the album Learn to Live | ||||
Released | May 27, 2008 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:03 | |||
Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Frank Rogers [1] | |||
Darius Rucker singles chronology | ||||
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"Don't Think I Don't Think About It" is a song recorded by American country music artist Darius Rucker, lead singer of the band Hootie & the Blowfish. The song, co-written by Rucker and Clay Mills, was released in May 2008 as Rucker's first single from his album Learn to Live . The song made Rucker the first new individual black artist to chart a number one country hit since Charley Pride's "Night Games" reached the top of the charts in September 1983.
"Don't Think I Don't Think About It" is a mid-tempo, backed mainly by guitars. Its narrator describes a man who has left his former lover. He tells her that he thinks about what they could have been.
The song received a positive review from Billboard reviewer Deborah Evans Price, who said that the single "is that perfect combination of solid production, a great vocal and finely crafted song that adds up to a hit." [1] Entertainment Weekly simple called the song "pretty great," [2] and People called it a "bittersweet ballad". [3] In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at #174 on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking. [4]
The music video was directed by Wayne Isham. [5]
"Don't Think I Don't Think About It" debuted at number 51 on the Hot Country Songs charts dated for May 3, 2008. The song reached a peak of number one on the chart week of October 4, making Rucker the first solo African-American artist to reach the top of the country charts since Charley Pride's "Night Games" in 1983. [6] The song remained on top of the chart for a second consecutive week. [7] It is also his first solo Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, at number 35. The song reached over a million copies in sales in May 2014. [8]
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [9] | 35 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [10] | 1 |
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [11] | 47 |
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [12] | 3 |
Chart (2008) | Position |
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US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [13] | 4 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [14] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |