"If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" | ||||
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Single by Rodney Atkins | ||||
from the album If You're Going Through Hell | ||||
Released | January 9, 2006 | |||
Format | CD single, Music download | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:33 | |||
Label | Curb | |||
Writer(s) | Sam Tate, Annie Tate, Dave Berg | |||
Producer | Ted Hewitt | |||
Rodney Atkins singles chronology | ||||
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"If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" is the title of a song written by Dave Berg, Sam Tate and Annie Tate. It was recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins and released in January 2006 as the lead-off single to his 2006 album If You're Going Through Hell. The song became a number-one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, spending four weeks at the top, in addition to reaching the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. "If You're Going Through Hell" was named the number-one song of 2006 on the Billboard's year-end chart.
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The title was inspired by two quotes: one from Winston Churchill ("If you're going through Hell, keep going.") and the other, an old Irish toast ("May you be in Heaven five minutes before the devil knows you're dead").[1]
The music video was directed by Eric Welch. It starts out with Rodney Atkins's car tearing up, and he winds up walking on the road with a string of bad luck throughout the video, like losing his luggage when he throws it in the back of someone's car which winds up taking off on him. The video features Atkins's band and Atkins singing the song under an old gas station sign.
"If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" debuted at #53 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of January 21, 2006.
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100[2] | 33 |
US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 1 |
Preceded by "The World" by Brad Paisley |
Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single August 12-September 2, 2006 |
Succeeded by "Leave the Pieces" by The Wreckers |
Preceded by "That's What I Love About Sunday" by Craig Morgan |
Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single of the year 2006 |
Succeeded by "Watching You" by Rodney Atkins |
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