Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
“Before He Cheats” sees Underwood teaching an unfaithful lover a lesson. As the third single from 2005’s Some Hearts, the track became the first country song in history to sell over two million digital copies, and won two Grammy awards, for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song...
[Verse 1]
Right now, he's probably slow dancing
With a bleached-blonde tramp
And she's probably getting frisky
Right now, he's probably buying her some fruity little drink
'Cause she can't shoot a whiskey
Right now, he's probably up behind her with a pool-stick
Showing her how to shoot a combo
And he don't know
[Chorus]
I dug my key into the side
Of his pretty little souped up four-wheel drive
Carved my name into his leather seats
I took a Louisville Slugger to both headlights
Slashed a hole in all four tires
Maybe next time, he'll think before he cheats
[Verse 2]
Right now, she's probably up singing some
White-trash version of Shania karaoke
Right now, she's probably saying, "I'm drunk"
And he's a thinking that he's gonna get lucky
Right now, he's probably dabbing on
Three dollars worth of that bathroom Polo
Oh, and he don't know
[Chorus]
Oh, that I dug my key into the side
Of his pretty little souped up four-wheel drive
Carved my name into his leather seats
I took a Louisville Slugger to both headlights
Slashed a hole in all four tires
Maybe next time, he'll think before he cheats
[Bridge]
I might've saved a little trouble for the next girl
'Cause the next time that he cheats
Oh, you know it won't be on me
No, not on me
[Chorus]
'Cause I dug my key into the side
Of his pretty little souped up four-wheel drive
Carved my name into his leather seats
I took a Louisville Slugger to both headlights
Slashed a hole in all four tires
Maybe next time, he'll think before he cheats
[Outro]
Oh, maybe next time, he'll think before he cheats
Oh, before he cheats
Oh
Before He Cheats was written by Chris Tompkins & Josh Kear.
Before He Cheats was produced by Mark Bright.
Carrie Underwood released Before He Cheats on Sat Aug 19 2006.
In 2018, NPR ranked this as the #34 greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:
After achieving crossover success by letting ‘Jesus Take the Wheel’ in 2005, Carrie Underwood took a risk with her post-American Idol image in the summer of 2006 with this unrepentant sing...
Co-writer Chris Tompkins on who the song was originally intended for and how the song came to be:
I was thinking Gretchen Wilson, who had just had a big success with ‘Redneck Woman’. Carrie flew into Nashville on a jet and all the song pluggers went on the jet and played her songs. It’s completely...
The song peaked at #8 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on their Hot Country Songs chart, #4 in Canada, and #98 in Ireland.