Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right

"Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right"
Single by Billy Currington
from the album Doin' Somethin' Right
Released May 30, 2005
Format CD single
Recorded 2005
Genre Country
Length 4:29 (album version)
3:59 (radio version)
Label Mercury Nashville
Songwriter(s) Marty Dodson
Patrick Jason Matthews
Producer(s) Carson Chamberlain
Billy Currington singles chronology
"Party for Two"
(2004)		 "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right"
(2005)		 "Why, Why, Why"
(2006)

"Party for Two"
(2004)		 "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right"
(2005)		 "Why, Why, Why"
(2006)
Music video
"Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" at CMT.com

"Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" is a song written by Marty Dodson and Patrick Jason Matthews and recorded by American country music singer Billy Currington. It was released in May 2005 as the first single from Currington's 2005 album Doin' Somethin' Right. The song became Currington’s first number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Content

The song is a ballad, set in the key of A major, with a main chord pattern of F♯m-D-A on the verses.[1] In it, the narrator says that he "must be doin' somethin' right" in the relationship with his lover.

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote that the song "gets a nicely mellow, relaxed Californian vibe".[2]

Chart performance

"Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of June 11, 2005, and peaked at No. 1 on December 31, 2005.[3] The song has sold 1,282,000 copies in the US as of January 2016.[4]

Chart (2005–06) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 39

Year-end charts

Chart (2006) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 34


References

  1. ↑ "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right". MusicNotes.com. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Doin' Somethin' Right review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Country Airplay: June 27, 2015". Billboard.
  4. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (January 18, 2016). "Top 30 Digital Country Singles Chart: January 19, 2016". Roughstock.
  5. ↑ "Billy Currington Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ↑ "Billy Currington Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  7. ↑ "Best of 2006: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2006. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
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