Background
"It Don't Hurt Like It Used To" is the only song that Currington co-wrote on his Summer Forever album. [1] According to Currington, he happened to visit his friends Barlowe and Carter: "Cary and I picked up guitars at the same time and played basically the same chord, and the next thing you know, we were writing the song." [2] He said, "I remember I just started saying all the words that you hear in the beginning of the song, they just started falling out. Shy was like, ‘What was that, man?’ I said, ‘I don’t know, it’s just coming out.’ So we wrote ’em down, and then I guess within an hour the song had basically written itself." [3]
The song is about the breakup of a relationship. According to Currington, the line "But you drug my heart through the Alabama dirt" was inspired by a past relationship. [2]
The song first entered Country Airplay at No. 59 for the chart of February 20, 2016 on its radio release. [4] It entered the Hot Country Songs chart at No. 49 on chart dated April 16, 2016. [5] In October 2016, it reached No. 1 on Country Airplay, becoming Currington's tenth No. 1 on that chart, and it remained in that spot for two consecutive weeks. [6] It has sold 332,000 copies in the United States as of January 2017. [7]
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