| "Nothin' Better to Do" | ||||||||
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| Single by LeAnn Rimes | ||||||||
| from the album Family | ||||||||
| Released | May 2007 | |||||||
| Format | CD, music download | |||||||
| Genre | Country | |||||||
| Length | 4:25 | |||||||
| Label | Curb | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Darrell Brown LeAnn Rimes Dean Sheremet |
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| Producer | Dann Huff | |||||||
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"Nothin' Better to Do" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country artist LeAnn Rimes. It was released in May 2007, and served as the lead-off single to her twelfth studio album, Family. It was Rimes' fourteenth Top 20 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at #14 in December 2007.
Rimes set a record on the Billboard charts by being the first artist to simultaneously chart with a single on their Country, AC, and Club Play charts with "Nothin' Better to Do."[1] The song was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
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"Nothin' Better to Do" is an up-tempo song, backed by primarily by acoustic guitar and banjo. The song's female narrator, a young Mississippi woman, describes being a restless lover, running around with some boys. Her mom expresses her disapproval of her daughter's behavior, but the narrator believes there is "nothin' better to do."
Rimes co-wrote the song with musician Darrell Brown and then-husband Dean Sheremet.
US Remixes[2]
UK CD[3]
The music video, which was co-directed by Rimes with David McClister, was released in May 2007. In the video, Rimes is shown in a Women's Correctional Facility, performing choreography with fellow inmates and singing into an old-fashioned microphone. This leads up to a prison break, which is led by Rimes; she is the only inmate to escape, but she is stopped in the prison yard shortly after when the gate closes. This video was her directorial debut.
"Nothin' Better to Do" debuted at #55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart; it was a Top 20 hit, reaching a peak of #14 in December 2007. The song also experienced some crossover success, reaching the Top 20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and the Top 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Additionally, it reached #48 on the UK Singles Chart.[4]
| Chart (2007/08) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[5] | 48 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 73 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[7] | 16 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] | 14 |
| US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[9] | 8 |