Somethin' I'm Good At

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"Somethin' I'm Good At"
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Single by Brett Eldredge
from the album Brett Eldredge
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)
Genre Country
Length3:37
Label Atlantic Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Brett Eldredge singles chronology
"Wanna Be That Song"
(2016)
"Somethin' I'm Good At"
(2017)
"The Long Way"
(2017)

"Somethin' I'm Good At" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brett Eldredge. [1] It was co-written with Tom Douglas and released on February 24, 2017 [2] as the lead single from Eldredge's self-titled fourth studio album. [1]

Contents

Background

The song was written in an hour after a five-hour session in which Eldredge worked on a ballad, and was recorded out of a desire to be spontaneous and have fun. [1] Eldredge said of the song: "It made us write one of the craziest, out of nowhere fun songs I've ever written. I've never had so much fun recording." [1] His ad libs and laughter were left on the final recording. [1] Douglas and producer Ross Copperman also provided backing vocals. [3]

Commercial performance

"Somethin' I'm Good At" peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, making it Eldredge's first single to miss the top 10 since "It Ain't Gotta Be Love" in 2011. The song has sold 135,000 copies in the US as of July 2017. [4]

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Ethan Lader and released on February 27, 2017. [5] It features Eldredge dressed in a suit setting off a chain of events as he walks down a street. [5]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [3]

Charts

Certification and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [11] Gold40,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
United States (RIAA) [12] Gold500,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

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

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