"It Don't Hurt Like It Used To" | ||||
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Single by Billy Currington | ||||
from the album Summer Forever | ||||
Released | February 8, 2016 | |||
Recorded | 2015 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:05 | |||
Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Dann Huff | |||
Billy Currington singles chronology | ||||
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"It Don't Hurt Like It Used To" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Billy Currington. It was released to radio on February 8, 2016 as the third single from his 2015 album, Summer Forever . Currington wrote this song with Cary Barlowe and Shy Carter.
"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]
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [8] | 77 |
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [9] | 1 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] | 44 |
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [11] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [12] | 3 |
Chart (2016) | Position |
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US Country Airplay (Billboard) [13] | 16 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [14] | 31 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [15] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |