"How 'Bout You" | ||||
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Single by Eric Church | ||||
from the album Sinners Like Me | ||||
Released | January 30, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2005 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:49 | |||
Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
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Producer(s) | Jay Joyce | |||
Eric Church singles chronology | ||||
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"How 'Bout You" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Eric Church. It released in January 2006 as his debut single and the first from his 2006 debut album Sinners Like Me . The song peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. [1] Church wrote this song with Brandon Church (his brother) and Brett Beavers.
The music video was directed by Scott Speer. It features Church holding the camera, and seeming to direct the video as he lets other people hold the camera from a construction worker outside, and people in a bar, to the stage of where the rest of the video is shots of him playing the song on stage, and the audience. It reached #1 on CMT's Top 20 Countdown in 2006.
"How 'Bout You" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of February 18, 2006.
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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Canada Country ( Radio & Records ) [2] | 24 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] | 14 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] | 85 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [5] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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American country music artist Eric Church has released seven studio albums, two live albums, three extended plays, and 29 singles. He made his debut on the Billboard Hot Country Songs with his 2006 single "How 'Bout You". Church charted eight more singles between then and 2011 when he achieved his first number-one single with "Drink in My Hand". This would be the first of six solo number-one singles for him in his career, the other five being "Springsteen" in 2012, "Give Me Back My Hometown" and "Talladega" in 2014, "Record Year" in 2016, and "Some of It" in 2019. Church was also a featured artist on four other songs that have reached the top of the country music charts. These are Jason Aldean's "The Only Way I Know" in 2012, Keith Urban's "Raise 'Em Up" in 2015, the multi-artist collaboration "Forever Country" in 2016, and Luke Combs' "Does to Me" in 2020.
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"Talladega" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Eric Church. It was released in September 2014 as the fourth single from his 2014 album The Outsiders. Church wrote this song with Luke Laird.
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