"Better When I Do" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Aaron Pritchett | ||||
from the EP Out on the Town | ||||
Released | November 23, 2018 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:06 | |||
Label |
| |||
Songwriter(s) |
| |||
Producer(s) | Scott Cooke | |||
Aaron Pritchett singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Music video | ||||
"Better When I Do" on YouTube |
"Better When I Do" is a song recorded by Canadian country artist Aaron Pritchett. [1] [2] The track was produced by Scott Cooke, [3] and co-written by Jessi Alexander, Corey Crowder, and Jimmy Yeary. [4] It won "Single of the Year" at the 2019 British Columbia Country Music Awards, [5] and was the second single off Pritchett's extended play Out on the Town. [6]
Pritchett was at a publishing house in Nashville, Tennessee, where he heard approximately 60 songs in 45 minutes — including the future number one " Dive Bar" — and he said "not a thing hit". [7] Upon hearing "Better When I Do", which had been written over six years prior and held then passed on by several artists, Pritchett felt an instant connection and knew he had to record it. [6] He stated he "[tends] to favour a bit more edge and some of those pop tinges". [7]
"Better When I Do" reached a peak of #1 on the Billboard Canada Country chart dated April 6, 2019, [8] marking Pritchett's first chart-topper, [9] 19 years after his debut radio single. [10]
The official music video for "Better When I Do" premiered on November 21, 2018. [11] [12]
Chart (2019) | Peak position |
---|---|
Canada Country ( Billboard) [9] | 1 |