Nothin' Better to Do (song)

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“Nothin' Better to Do”
“Nothin' Better to Do” cover
"Nothin' Better to Do" single cover.
Single by LeAnn Rimes
from the album Family
Released 2007
Format CD, digital download
Genre Country
Length 3:55 (single version)
4:25 (album version)
Label Curb Records
Writer(s) Darrell Brown, LeAnn Rimes, Dean Sheremet
Producer Dann Huff
LeAnn Rimes singles chronology
"Strong"
(2007)
"Nothin' Better to Do"
(2007)
"Good Friend and a Glass of Wine"
(2008)

"Nothin' Better to Do" is the first single from LeAnn Rimes' CD Family. It was a moderate hit in the US, peaking at 73 on the Billboard Hot 100. However it missed the top 40 in the UK, peaking at 48 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

LeAnn set a record at Billboard by being the first artist to simultaneously chart with a single on their Country, AC, and Club Play charts with "Nothin' Better To Do."[2] The song is also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

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[edit] Chart performance

"Nothin' Better to Do" debuted at No. 55 on the Country charts in summer 2007. The song spent many weeks on the Top 30 on the Country charts, before then breaking into the Top 20, where it peaked at No. 14. It also peaked at No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 16 on the Adult Contemporary chart and No. 8 on the Hot Dance Club music chart.

Chart (2007) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs 14
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 73
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 89
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 16
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 8
UK Singles Chart 48

[edit] Music video performance

The video had dance features similar to scenes both from the musical and 2002 film Chicago. It ranked #3 on Country Music Television's Top Twenty Videos of 2007 in December of that year.

[edit] Remixes

  1. Nothin' Better to Do (Bimbo Jones Mix Version 2)
  2. Nothin' Better to Do (Bimbo Jones Radio Edit Version 2)
  3. Nothin' Better to Do (Soul Seekerz Dub Vocal Mix)
  4. Nothin' Better to Do (Soul Seekerz Extended Mix)
  5. Nothin' Better to Do (Soul Seekerz Radio Edit)
  6. Nothin' Better to Do (Jason Nevins Electro Club Dub)

[edit] Trivia

In the video for this song, LeAnn wears a prison uniform with the number 82882, which happens to also be her birthday (August 28, 1982).

[edit] References