Let Me Down Easy (Billy Currington song)

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"Let Me Down Easy"
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Single by Billy Currington
from the album Enjoy Yourself
ReleasedOctober 4, 2010 (2010-10-04)
Recorded2010
Genre Country, country soul
Length3:48
Label Mercury Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Billy Currington singles chronology
"Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer"
(2010)
"Let Me Down Easy"
(2010)
"Love Done Gone"
(2011)

"Let Me Down Easy" is a song written by Mark Nesler, Jennifer Hanson and Marty Dodson and recorded by American country music artist Billy Currington. It was released in October 2010 as the second single from Currington's 2010 album Enjoy Yourself and as the eleventh single of his career. The song became Currington's fourth consecutive and sixth number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of April 2, 2011. [1]

Contents

Music video

The music video was directed by Potsy Ponciroli. It is composed entirely of tour footage, showing Currington performing both at soundcheck, and at the actual show. It was released on March 28, 2011, just before its U.S. country peak of Number One.

Critical reception

Karlie Justus of Engine 145 gave the song a thumbs-up, saying that it was a "sultry sleeper hit" but also saying that she thought it was similar to "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" and "Don't". [2] Gary Graff of Billboard also described the song favorably, saying that it had "Lionel Richie-style smoothness". [3]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2010–2011)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 46
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [6] 3
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [7] 71

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 10

Decade-end charts

Chart (2010–2019)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [9] 34

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References

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