She's Got a Way with Words

Not to be confused with She's Got a Way.
"She's Got a Way with Words"
The cover is in black-and-white with the artist giving a serious look with his right fist close to his chin. The artist's name and the song title are placed on the top right corner of the cover and colored in blue and white respectively.
Single by Blake Shelton
from the album If I'm Honest
ReleasedJune 13, 2016 (2016-06-13)[1]
GenreCountry
Length3:11
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Scott Hendricks
Blake Shelton singles chronology
"Savior's Shadow"
(2016) 		"She's Got a Way with Words"
(2016) 		"A Guy with a Girl"
(2016)

"She's Got a Way with Words" is a song recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton for his tenth studio album If I'm Honest (2016) and would be used for Shelton's other album Fully Loaded: God's Country (2019). Released to radio as the album's third single on June 13, 2016,[1] the track was written by Wyatt Earp, Andy Albert and Marc Beeson, while production was handled by Scott Hendricks.

Performance

The song debuted at number 28 on the Hot Country Songs chart on the release of the album If I'm Honest,[2] selling 26,000 copies for the week.[3] It debuted at number 54 on the Country Airplay chart the following week ahead of its official release to radio.[4] It became the most-added of the song on its official release.[5] Reaching a peak of number 7 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, "She's Got a Way with Words" became Shelton's first single to miss number one since "I'll Just Hold On" in 2009, ending a streak of seventeen consecutive number one hits for him. The song has sold 284,000 copies in the United States as of October 2016.[6] It was certified Gold by the RIAA on December 9, 2016.[7]

Music video

The music video was directed by Adam Rothlein and premiered in June 2016.[8]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[9] 76
Canada Country (Billboard)[10] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 61
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[12] 7
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[13] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (2016) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[14] 40

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[15] Gold 40,000‡
United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum 1,000,000‡ / 284,000[6]

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b "Add Dates" (PDF). Country Aircheck Weekly (502): Chart p.4. June 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Hot Country Songs". Billboard. June 11, 2016.
  3. ^ Bjorke, Matt (May 31, 2016). "Top 30 Digital Country Singles Chart: May 31, 2016". Roughstock.
  4. ^ "Country Airplay". Billboard. June 18, 2016.
  5. ^ Brandy McDonnell (June 16, 2016). "Video: Blake Shelton's 'She's Got a Way with Words' most added at country radio". NewsOK.
  6. ^ a b Bjorke, Matt (October 5, 2016). "Top 30 Digital Singles Chart: October 3, 2016". Roughstock.
  7. ^ a b "American single certifications – Blake Shelton – She's Got a Way with Words". Recording Industry Association of America.
  8. ^ "CMT : Videos : Blake Shelton : She's Got a Way With Words". Country Music Television. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  9. ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  10. ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  11. ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  12. ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  13. ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  14. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  15. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Blake Shelton – She's Got a Way with Words". Music Canada.