Mean to Me (Brett Eldredge song)

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"Mean to Me"
MeantoMe.jpg
Single by Brett Eldredge
from the album Bring You Back
ReleasedJuly 14, 2014 (2014-07-14)
Genre Country
Length3:48
Label Atlantic Nashville
Songwriter(s)
  • Brett Eldredge
  • Scooter Carusoe
Producer(s) Luke Laird
Brett Eldredge singles chronology
"Beat of the Music"
(2013)
"Mean to Me"
(2014)
"Lose My Mind"
(2015)
Alternative cover
Mean To Me alternate cover.jpg

"Mean to Me" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brett Eldredge. It was released on July 14, 2014, as his fifth single and the fourth single from his debut studio album, Bring You Back . The song was written by Eldredge and Scooter Carusoe.

Contents

The song has sold 477,000 copies in the US as of April 2015. [1]

Critical reception

The website Taste of Country gave the song a positive review, saying that "In a way, ‘Mean to Me’ is Eldredge's answer to a test brought to him after two successful, but sonically similar songs. He needed to go in a different direction or risk boring his fans, and he did. This beautiful ballad makes him all the more interesting." [2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Shane Drake and premiered in September 2014. [3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014–15)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [4] 65
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [5] 3
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 53
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [7] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)Position
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [9] 91
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 92
Chart (2015)Position
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [11] 19
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [12] 50

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [13] Platinum1,000,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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