| "What Was I Thinkin'" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Dierks Bentley | ||||
| from the album Dierks Bentley | ||||
| B-side | "Whiskey Tears"[1] | |||
| Released | April 14, 2003 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:21 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Writer(s) | Deric Ruttan Brett Beavers Dierks Bentley |
|||
| Producer | Brett Beavers | |||
| Certification | Gold (U.S.) | |||
| Dierks Bentley singles chronology | ||||
|
||||
"What Was I Thinkin'" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dierks Bentley. Released in April 2003 as the first single from his self-titled debut album, the song became his first Number One hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in September 2003.
Contents |
Bentley co-wrote "What Was I Thinkin'" with his record producer, Brett Beavers, and Deric Ruttan.[2] The song is an up-tempo in which he recalls escaping one night with a "beauty from south Alabama."[3] The narrator questions himself about the escape by asking, "what was I thinkin'?". He then explains that he was thinking about being with the girl.
Rick Cohoon of Allmusic gave the single a mixed review, comparing its sound and theme to David Lee Murphy's "Dust on the Bottle" and calling the song "catchy enough, yet overdone."[4] Deborah Evans Price of Billboard wrote that the song had an "infectious" melody and "lots of energy."[3]
Because of the lyric "I was thinkin' 'bout a little white tank top / Sittin' right there in the middle by me," Bentley told Billboard magazine that he began seeing female fans wearing white tank-tops to concerts.[2]
The music video was directed by Peter Zavadil and premiered in mid-2003. The video features Lauren Elaine as 'Becky', the white tank-top wearing "beauty from South Alabama. Lauren Elaine also appears in How Am I Doin' and Lot of Leavin' Left to Do, as "Becky.". The video was shot outside Austin, Texas in May 2003.
"What Was I Thinkin'" reached its peak position of number one on the Billboard country singles charts dated for the week ending September 27, 2003. The song succeeded Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett's duet "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" at this peak.[5] On the next week's chart, Jackson and Buffett's song returned to number one.
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 22 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 1 |
| Preceded by "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett |
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single September 27, 2003 |
Succeeded by "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett |
|
||||||||||||||