It Don't Hurt Like It Used To

"It Don't Hurt Like It Used To"
Single by Billy Currington
from the album Summer Forever
Released February 8, 2016 (2016-02-08)
Format Digital download
Genre Country
Length 3:05
Label Mercury Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Dann Huff
Billy Currington singles chronology
"Drinkin' Town with a Football Problem"
(2015)		 "It Don't Hurt Like It Used To"
(2016)		 "Do I Make You Wanna"
(2016)

"Drinkin' Town with a Football Problem"
(2015)		 "It Don't Hurt Like It Used To"
(2016)		 "Do I Make You Wanna"
(2016)

"It Don't Hurt Like It Used To" is a song recorded by American country music artist Billy Currington. It was released to radio on February 8, 2016 as the third single from his sixth studio album, Summer Forever. The song was written by Currington, Cary Barlowe and Shy Carter.

Background

Billy Currington wrote the song with Cary Barlowe and Shy Carter, and it is the only song that Currington wrote on his album Summer Forever.[1] According to Currington, he happened to visit his friends Barlowe and Carter: "Cary and I picked up guitars at the same time and played basically the same chord, and the next thing you know, we were writing the song."[2] He said: "I remember I just started saying all the words that you hear in the beginning of the song, they just started falling out. Shy was like, ‘What was that, man?’ I said, ‘I don’t know, it’s just coming out.’ So we wrote ’em down, and then I guess within an hour the song had basically written itself."[3]

The song is about the breakup of a relationship. According to Currington, the line "But you drug my heart through the Alabama dirt" was inspired by a past relationship.[4]

Commercial performance

The song first entered Country Airplay at No. 59 for the chart of February 20, 2016 on its radio release.[5] It entered the Hot Country Songs chart at No. 49 on chart dated April 16, 2016.[6] In October 2016, it reached No. 1 on Country Airplay, his tenth No. 1 on that chart, and it remained in that spot for two consecutive weeks.[7] It has sold 332,000 copies in the United States as of January 2017.[8]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[9] 77
Canada Country (Billboard)[10] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 44
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[12] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[13] 3

Year end charts

Chart (2016) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[14] 16
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[15] 31

References

  1. ↑ Dukes, Billy (January 25, 2016). "ToC Critic’s Pick: Billy Currington, ‘It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To’ [Listen]". Taste of Country.
  2. ↑ Allers, Hannahlee (January 26, 2016). "Billy Currington Shares New Single, ‘It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To’ [LISTEN]". The Boot.
  3. ↑ Wolff, Kurt (June 1, 2015). "Billy Currington on New Album ‘Summer Forever’: ‘It Fits the Way I Live My Life’". Radio.com.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Country Airplay". Billboard. February 20, 2016. (Subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ "Hot Country Songs". Billboard. April 16, 2015. (Subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ Asker, Jim (November 4, 2016). "Luke Bryan and Billy Currington Reap New No. 1s on Country Charts".
  8. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (January 3, 2017). "Top 30 Digital Country Singles Sales Chart: January 3, 2017". Roughstock.
  9. ↑ "Billy Currington – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Billy Currington. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Billy Currington – Chart history" Billboard Canada Country for Billy Currington.
  11. ↑ "Billy Currington – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Billy Currington. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Billy Currington – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Billy Currington.
  13. ↑ "Billy Currington – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Billy Currington.
  14. ↑ "Country Airplay: Year End 2016". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Hot Country Songs: Year End 2016". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
Preceded by
"You Look Like I Need a Drink"
by Justin Moore		 Billboard Country Airplay
number-one single
October 15–22, 2016 		Succeeded by
"I Know Somebody"
by LoCash
Preceded by
"Setting the World on Fire"
by Kenny Chesney featuring Pink		 Billboard Canada Country
number-one single
October 29, 2016 		Succeeded by
"Move"
by Luke Bryan
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