Real Good Man

"Real Good Man" is a song written by Rivers Rutherford and George Teren, and performed by American country music singer Tim McGraw. It was released in May 2003 as the fourth single from the album Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.^[1]

Content

The narrator states to his significant other that while he may be a "bad boy", he is a "real good man".

Critical reception

Rick Cohoon of Allmusic reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song "offers a unique melody." Cohoon goes on to say that McGraw can "party with the best of 'em" but also "touts his softer side complete with soft-as-velvet hands and a patriotic spirit."^[2]

Music video

The music video, directed by Sherman Halsey, was filmed live in concert, and was released as a double-song video with "The Ride," a cover of the David Allen Coe hit. The latter song does not appear on any of McGraw's albums or compilations. A special promotional single of this double-song performance was sent to radio stations. While the live version of "Real Good Man" did eventually appear on McGraw's Greatest Hits 3 CD, it did not contain "The Ride."

Chart positions

"Real Good Man" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of May 17, 2003.

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	27

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	9

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ Cohoon, Rick (2003). ""She's My Kind of Rain" Allmusic review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
↑ "Tim McGraw Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Tim McGraw.
↑ "Tim McGraw Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Tim McGraw.
↑ "Best of 2003: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2012.

External links

Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single October 11-October 18, 2003	Succeeded by "Tough Little Boys" by Gary Allan

Tim McGraw singles

Discography

Tim McGraw	"Welcome to the Club" "Memory Lane" "Two Steppin' Mind"

Not a Moment Too Soon	"Indian Outlaw" "Don't Take the Girl" "Down on the Farm" "Not a Moment Too Soon" "Refried Dreams"

All I Want	"I Like It, I Love It" "Can't Be Really Gone" "All I Want Is a Life" "She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart" "Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It"

Everywhere	"It's Your Love" (with Faith Hill) "Everywhere" "Just to See You Smile" "One of These Days" "Where the Green Grass Grows" "For a Little While"

A Place in the Sun	"Please Remember Me" "Something Like That" "My Best Friend" "Some Things Never Change" "My Next Thirty Years"

Set This Circus Down	"Grown Men Don't Cry" "Angry All the Time" "The Cowboy in Me" "Unbroken"

Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors	"Red Rag Top" "Tiny Dancer" "She's My Kind of Rain" "Real Good Man" "Watch the Wind Blow By"

Live Like You Were Dying	"Live Like You Were Dying" "Back When" "Drugs or Jesus" "Do You Want Fries with That" "My Old Friend"

Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2	"When the Stars Go Blue" "My Little Girl"

Let It Go	"Last Dollar (Fly Away)" "I Need You" (with Faith Hill) "If You're Reading This" "Suspicions" "Kristofferson" "Let It Go" "Nothin' to Die For"

Southern Voice	"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You" "Southern Voice" "Still"

Number One Hits	"Felt Good on My Lips"

Country Strong soundtrack	"Me and Tennessee" (with Gwyneth Paltrow)

Emotional Traffic	"Better Than I Used to Be" "Right Back Atcha Babe"

Two Lanes of Freedom	"Truck Yeah" "One of Those Nights" "Highway Don't Care" (with Taylor Swift) "Southern Girl"

Tim McGraw & Friends	"Twisted" (with Colt Ford)

Sundown Heaven Town	"Lookin' for That Girl" "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" (with Faith Hill) "Shotgun Rider" "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" (with Catherine Dunn)

Guest singles	"Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" (with Faith Hill) "Let's Make Love" (with Faith Hill) "Bring On the Rain" (with Jo Dee Messina) "Over and Over" (with Nelly) "Like We Never Loved at All" (with Faith Hill) "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" (with Tracy Lawrence and Kenny Chesney) "Nine Lives" (with Def Leppard) "Feel Like a Rock Star" (with Kenny Chesney)