Settling Down

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"Settling Down"
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Single by Miranda Lambert
from the album Wildcard
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2020 (2020-09-21)
Genre Country
Length3:17
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jay Joyce
Miranda Lambert singles chronology
"Bluebird"
(2019)		"Settling Down"
(2020)		"Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)"
(2021)

"Settling Down" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. It was released on September 21, 2020, as the third single from Lambert's seventh studio album Wildcard . [1]

Contents

Lambert performed the song live at the 54th Annual Country Music Association Awards. [2]

Composition

Lambert wrote the song with Luke Dick and Natalie Hemby, the same team that wrote her previous single, "Bluebird", and it was produced by Jay Joyce. [3] Lambert developed the song's hook while having an earlier conversation with her bus driver about her relationship with Brendan McLoughlin ("am I settling up or settling down?") and brought that to the writing session, and together they wrote a song "full of paradoxes" that highlighted the whirlwind life of an artist touring the country while also desiring the homestead lifestyle following Lambert's fresh marriage to McLoughlin. [3] Lambert also noted that McLoughlin was one of the song's most ardent supporters and lobbied for its release as a single: "And you know, he was out there with us on the road and he was hearing, when I was hanging with radio, that people were responding to it." [3]

Music video

The music video for "Settling Down" was directed by Trey Fanjoy and premiered on October 21, 2020. [4] It was shot on location at Lambert's farm outside Nashville, Tennessee and features her husband, Brendan McLoughlin, marking the first time Lambert has had a love interest in one of her music videos: "I'm like, 'You're cute, you're here, and you're free.' It was fun; he did such a great job... and our little dog is in it, and our ponies. It's at my magical-happy place an hour away from Nashville." [5]

Chart performance

"Settling Down" debuted at number 45 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart dated October 3, 2020, [6] and at number 49 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated October 17, 2020. [7]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Settling Down"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [15] Platinum80,000‡
United States (RIAA) [16] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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  2. ↑ "The CMA Awards Promise to Bring Top Country Stars Together 'Safely, All in One Room'". Billboard .
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  4. ↑ Claire Shaffer (October 21, 2020). "Miranda Lambert Shows Off Her Husband in 'Settling Down' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  5. ↑ Tomás Mier (October 21, 2020). "Miranda Lambert and Husband Brendan McLoughlin Are 'Settling Down' in 'Magical' Music Video". People.com. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
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