How Do

"How Do"
Single by Mary Chapin Carpenter
from the album State of the Heart
B-side"It Don't Bring You"
ReleasedApril 15, 1989
GenreCountry
Length2:09
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Mary Chapin Carpenter
Producer(s)John Jennings, Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter singles chronology
"Just Because"
(1988) 		"How Do"
(1989) 		"Never Had It So Good"
(1989)

"How Do" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released in April 1989 as the first single from the album State of the Heart. The song reached #19 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]

Content

"How Do" is described by an uncredited article in The Tennessean as "portray[ing] a woman who has set her sights on entertaining a man who's obviously new in town".[2] The same publication also stated that the song contained numerous electric guitar and steel guitar fills.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 44
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 19

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 69.
  2. ^ a b "'How Do' doing very well for Mary Chapin Carpenter". The Tennessean. July 16, 1989. p. 43. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6435." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 21, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  4. ^ "Mary Chapin Carpenter Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.


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