Some Beach

"Some Beach"
Single by Blake Shelton
from the album Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill
ReleasedJuly 26, 2004 (2004-07-26)
Recorded2004
GenreCountry
Length3:24
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)Rory Feek
Paul Overstreet
Producer(s)Bobby Braddock
Blake Shelton singles chronology
"When Somebody Knows You That Well"
(2004) 		"Some Beach"
(2004) 		"Goodbye Time"
(2005)

"Some Beach" is a song written by Rory Feek and Paul Overstreet and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released in July 2004 as the second single from Shelton's 2004 album Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill. The song became Shelton's third number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and spent four weeks at that position.

Content

The narrator deals with frustrations, such as being flipped off in traffic on the highway and having to wait all afternoon at the dentist's office, by wishing that he were "on some beach, somewhere." The song's title is a double entendre, playing on a Southern United States dialectal form of the epithet "son of a bitch" ("som' bitch").[1]

Music video

The music video was directed by Peter Zavadil, and features Shelton driving a pickup truck down a freeway, trying to park the truck, and going to the dentist. The video premiered on CMT on July 29, 2004, and featuring NASCAR driver Elliott Sadler.

Chart performance

"Some Beach" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the chart week of August 7, 2004.

Chart (2004–2005) Peak
position
Canada Country (Radio & Records)[2] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 28
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2005) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 28

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[6] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Golightly, Richard Kent (2008). On Garbled English. AuthorHouse. pp. 2–3. ISBN 978-1-4343-2344-6.
  2. ^ Radio & Records: December 17, 2004, page 44 worldradiohistory.com
  3. ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  4. ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  5. ^ "Best of 2005: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  6. ^ "American single certifications – Blake Shelton – Some Beach". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 10, 2021.


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