How 'Bout You

"How 'Bout You"
Single by Eric Church
from the album Sinners Like Me
ReleasedJanuary 30, 2006
Recorded2005
GenreCountry
Length3:49
LabelCapitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jay Joyce
Eric Church singles chronology
"How 'Bout You"
(2006) 		"Two Pink Lines"
(2006)

"How 'Bout You" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Eric Church. It released in January 2006 as his debut single and the first from his 2006 debut album Sinners Like Me. The song peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[1] Church wrote this song with Brandon Church (his brother) and Brett Beavers.

Music video

The music video was directed by Scott Speer. It features Church holding the camera, and seeming to direct the video as he lets other people hold the camera from a construction worker outside, and people in a bar, to the stage of where the rest of the video is shots of him playing the song on stage, and the audience. It reached #1 on CMT's Top 20 Countdown in 2006.

Chart performance

"How 'Bout You" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of February 18, 2006.

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Canada Country (Radio & Records)[2] 24
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 14
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 85

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ "Canada Country Top 30" (PDF). Radio & Records. August 4, 2006. p. 42. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "American single certifications – Eric Church – How 'Bout You". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 29, 2021.


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