Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About

"Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About"
Single by Thompson Square
from the album Just Feels Good
ReleasedJune 10, 2013 (2013-06-10)
GenreCountry
Length2:58
LabelStoney Creek
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)New Voice Entertainment
Thompson Square singles chronology
"If I Didn't Have You"
(2012) 		"Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About"
(2013) 		"Testing the Water"
(2014)

"Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About" is a song recorded by American country music duo Thompson Square. The song is the duo's sixth single release overall, and the second from their second studio album Just Feels Good. Both members of the duo wrote the song with David Lee Murphy and Brett James.

Content

The duet is an exchange between both members of the group (Keifer and Shawna Thompson), in which both of them sing that they are trying to think about their worldly problems, but can only focus on each other at the moment.

Critical reception

Giving it 3.5 out of 5 stars, Billy Dukes of Taste of Country said that "What the song lacks in creativity, the couple more than make up for in delivery."[1] It received 4 out of 5 stars from Bobby Peacock of Roughstock, who said that "the production is very energetic, with a heavy beat and searing guitar solos, and both members of the duo are in as fine voice as ever" but said that it was "lyrically thin".[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Chris Hicky and premiered in July 2013.[3]

Chart performance

The song has sold 165,000 copies in the US as of April 2014.[4]

Chart (2013–2014) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[5] 72
Canada Country (Billboard)[6] 11
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 69
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[8] 4
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 15

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[10] 100
Chart (2014) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[11] 36
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[12] 57

References

  1. ^ Dukes, Billy (12 June 2013). "Thompson Square, 'Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About' – Song Review". Taste of Country. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ^ Peacock, Bobby (14 June 2013). "Single Review: Thompson Square - Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About". Roughstock. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  3. ^ "CMT : Videos : Thompson Square : Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on July 29, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  4. ^ Matt Bjorke (April 2, 2014). "Country Chart News - The Top 30 Digital Singles - April 2, 2014: Florida Georgia Line #1, Jerrod Niemann & Dierks Bentley Gold, Luke Bryan Leads 6 Near-Gold Singles & Stars". Roughstock. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014.
  5. ^ "Thompson Square Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Thompson Square Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Thompson Square Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Thompson Square Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Thompson Square Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Billboard Country Update for December 16, 2013" (PDF). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 16, 2013. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  11. ^ "Best of 2014: Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  12. ^ "Best of 2014: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.