Something to Do with My Hands

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"Something to Do with My Hands"
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Single by Thomas Rhett
from the album It Goes Like This
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2012 (2012-02-21)
RecordedNovember 2011-January 2012
Genre Country rock
Length3:20
Label Valory
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jay Joyce
Thomas Rhett singles chronology
"Something to Do with My Hands"
(2012)
"Beer with Jesus"
(2012)

"Something to Do with My Hands" is a song recorded by American country music singer Thomas Rhett. It was released in February 2012 as the first single from his debut album, It Goes Like This . Rhett wrote the song with Lee Thomas Miller and Chris Stapleton. [1]

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Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song three and a half stars out of five, calling it "clever, but not so cheeky that the joke tires after a listen or three." [2] Kyle Ward of Roughstock gave the song three stars out of five, writing that "it sounds great sonically and the catchy beat and melody mostly make up for a fairly clunky hook that only sort of works." [3] The song received a C grade from Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe, who wrote that "what could’ve been cute and goofy in a sellin’ turnips on a flatbed truck way, ends up just sounding dumb and ridiculous." [4]

Music videos

Two music videos were produced for the song. The first, directed by Justin Key, premiered in February 2012. [5] A second music video directed by Peter Zavadil premiered in April 2012. [6]

Chart performance

"Something to Do with My Hands" debuted at number 58 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of February 18, 2012. [7]

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [8] 90
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 93
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 15

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 69

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References

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