She's Got a Way with Words

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"She's Got a Way with Words"
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Single by Blake Shelton
from the album If I'm Honest
ReleasedJune 13, 2016 (2016-06-13) [1]
Genre Country
Length3:11
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Scott Hendricks
Blake Shelton singles chronology
"Savior's Shadow"
(2016)
"She's Got a Way with Words"
(2016)
"A Guy with a Girl"
(2016)

"She's Got a Way with Words" is a song recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton for his tenth studio album If I'm Honest (2016) and would be used for Shelton's other album Fully Loaded: God's Country (2019). Released to radio as the album's third single on June 13, 2016, [1] the track was written by Wyatt Earp, Andy Albert and Marc Beeson, while production was handled by Scott Hendricks.

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Content

The lyrics of the song detail an unfavorable relationship with an ex-partner, using wordplay such as "She put a big F-U in my future". Because of its lyrics, some fans interpreted the song as being directed towards Miranda Lambert, whom he divorced around the time of the song's release. However, Shelton stated that he recorded the song prior to the divorce. [2] Writers Andy Albert, Marc Beeson, and Wyatt Earp originally pitched the song to Jake Owen, who rejected it as he was also going through a divorce at the time and did not want fans to think the song reflected his opinions about his own relationship. [3]

Critical reception

Robert K. Oermann of MusicRow described the song as "very cleverly written". [4]

Performance

The song debuted at number 28 on the Hot Country Songs chart on the release of the album If I'm Honest , [5] selling 26,000 copies for the week. [6] It debuted at number 54 on the Country Airplay chart the following week ahead of its official release to radio. [7] It became the most-added of the song on its official release. [8] Reaching a peak of number 7 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, "She's Got a Way with Words" became Shelton's first single to miss number one since "I'll Just Hold On" in 2009, ending a streak of seventeen consecutive number one hits for him. The song has sold 284,000 copies in the United States as of October 2016. [9] It was certified Gold by the RIAA on December 9, 2016. [10]

Music video

The music video was directed by Adam Rothlein and premiered in June 2016. [11]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [12] 76
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [13] 2
US Billboard Hot 100 [14] 61
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [15] 7
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [16] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [17] 40

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [18] Gold40,000
United States (RIAA) [10] Platinum1,000,000 / 284,000 [9]

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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