You Don't Know Her Like I Do

"You Don't Know Her Like I Do"
Single by Brantley Gilbert
from the album Halfway to Heaven
Released December 12, 2011 (2011-12-12)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2011
Genre Country
Length 4:47 (album version)
Label Valory Music Group
Writer(s)
  • Brantley Gilbert
  • Jim McCormick
Producer(s) Dann Huff
Brantley Gilbert singles chronology
"Country Must Be Country Wide"
(2011)
"You Don't Know Her Like I Do"
(2011)
"Kick It in the Sticks"
(2012)

"You Don't Know Her Like I Do" is a song recorded by American country rock artist Brantley Gilbert. It was released in December 2011 as the second single from the deluxe edition of his 2010 album Halfway to Heaven. The song was written by Gilbert and Jim McCormick.[1]

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song three and a half stars out of five, saying that it "allows the singer to show a dark vulnerability that is sure to make him a more appealing artist to country music fans who may be turned off by his brand of country rock."[2] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave the song four stars out of five, calling it an "excellent single choice" and writing that "Brantley's gravelly voice is passionate, vulnerable and maybe just a little angered."[3]

Music video

The music video was directed by Justin Key and premiered in December 2011.[4] It is composed entirely of tour footage, showing Gilbert performing the song at a concert. Scenes also show him in a radio interview, signing autographs, and sitting in a chair against a blue blacklit screen acting down and depressed, like he relates to the lyrics of the song.

Chart performance

"You Don't Know Her Like I Do" debuted at number 52 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of December 17, 2011.[5] It became his second consecutive number 1 single in July 2012. The song has sold 999,000 copies in the U.S. as of April 2014.[6]

Chart (2011–12) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] 73
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 49
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[10] 2
Preceded by
"Drunk on You"
by Luke Bryan
Billboard Hot Country Songs
number-one single

July 21, 2012
Succeeded by
"Even If It Breaks Your Heart"
by Eli Young Band

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[11] Platinum 1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. Conaway, Alanna (January 24, 2012). "Brantley Gilbert, ‘You Don’t Know Her Like I Do’ – Lyrics Uncovered". Taste of Country. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  2. Dukes, Billy (November 28, 2011). "Brantley Gilbert, ‘You Don’t Know Her Like I Do’ – Song Review". Taste of Country. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  3. Peacock, Bobby (February 7, 2012). "Single Review: Brantley Gilbert - You Don't Know Her Like I Do". Roughstock. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  4. Stromblad, Cory (December 20, 2011). "Brantley Gilbert, 'You Don't Know Her Like I Do' -- New Video". The Boot. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  5. Morris, Edward (December 10, 2011). "Sweet Harmony: Lady Antebellum Claim Both Top Album and Song". Country Music Television. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  6. Paul Grein (April 30, 2014). "Chart Watch: Pharrell Steps Up". Yahoo Music.
  7. "Brantley Gilbert – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Brantley Gilbert.
  8. "Brantley Gilbert – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Brantley Gilbert.
  9. "Brantley Gilbert – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Brantley Gilbert.
  10. "Best of 2012: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  11. "American single certifications – Brantley Gilbert – You Don%27t Know Her Like I Do". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 12, 2014. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

External links

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