It's What I Do (song)

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"It's What I Do"
Single by Billy Dean
from the album It's What I Do
B-side "The Mountain Moved" [1]
ReleasedJanuary 22, 1996 (1996-01-22)
Genre Country
Length3:22
Label Capitol Nashville #58526
Songwriter(s) Tom Shapiro
Chuck Jones
Producer(s) Tom Shapiro
Nancy H. Williams [2]
Billy Dean singles chronology
"Men Will Be Boys"
(1994)
"It's What I Do"
(1996)
"That Girl's Been Spyin' on Me"
(1996)

"It's What I Do" is a song written by Tom Shapiro and Chuck Jones, and recorded by American country music singer Billy Dean. It was released in January 1996 as the first single and title track from his album It's What I Do . The song spent twenty weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1996, peaking at number five. [1]

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Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song "boasts a pretty melody and a solid romantic lyric that Dean delivers with warmth and conviction." She goes on to say that the song contains "no immediate bells and whistles, but it gains strength with repeated listening." [3]

Music video

The music video was directed by Martin Kahan and premiered in January 1996.

Chart positions

"It's What I Do" debuted at number 70 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 3, 1996.

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 11
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 41

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References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 119. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. It's What I Do (CD liner notes). Billy Dean. Nashville, Tennessee: Capitol Records Nashville. 1996. 30525.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. Billboard , February 3, 1996
  4. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2959." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. May 6, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  5. "Billy Dean Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. "Best of 1996: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.