Don't Think I Don't Think About It
{{short description|2008 single by Darius Rucker}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Think I Don't Think About It
| cover = DontThinkIDont.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Darius Rucker
| album = Learn to Live
| released = {{Start date|2008|05|27}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:03
| label = Capitol Nashville
| writer = {{hlist|Darius Rucker|Clay Mills}}
| producer = Frank Rogers{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3id3157507ac800210f06fc364bf5005a1 |title=Don't Think I Don't Think About It |accessdate=2008-06-21 |last=Price |first=Deborah Evans |magazine=Billboard}}
| prev_title = Wild One
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = It Won't Be Like This for Long
| next_year = 2008
}}
"Don't Think I Don't Think About It" is a song recorded by American country music artist Darius Rucker, lead singer of the band Hootie & the Blowfish. The song, co-written by Rucker and Clay Mills, was released in May 2008 as Rucker's first single from his album Learn to Live. The song made Rucker the first new individual black artist to chart a number one country hit since Charley Pride's "Night Games" reached the top of the charts in September 1983.
Content
"Don't Think I Don't Think About It" is a mid-tempo, backed mainly by guitars. Its narrator describes a man who has left his former lover. He tells her that he thinks about what they could have been.
Critical reception
The song received a positive review from Billboard reviewer Deborah Evans Price, who said that the single "is that perfect combination of solid production, a great vocal and finely crafted song that adds up to a hit." Entertainment Weekly simple called the song "pretty great,"Pastorek, Whitney (September 19, 2008), "Learn to Live". Entertainment Weekly, (1012): and People called it a "bittersweet ballad".Arnold, Chuck (September 29, 2008), "Learn to Live". People. 70 (13): In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at #174 on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-country-songs-1234986540/darius-rucker-dont-think-i-dont-think-about-it-1235009685/|title =The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time|magazine = Rolling Stone|date =May 24, 2014}}
Music video
The music video was directed by Wayne Isham.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/darius-rucker/262456/dont-think-i-dont-think-about-it.jhtml |title=CMT : Music Video : Don't Think I Don't Think About It : Darius Rucker |access-date=2012-07-23 |archive-date=2012-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103065839/http://www.cmt.com/videos/darius-rucker/262456/dont-think-i-dont-think-about-it.jhtml |url-status=dead }}
Chart performance
"Don't Think I Don't Think About It" debuted at number 51 on the Hot Country Songs charts dated for May 3, 2008. The song reached a peak of number one on the chart week of October 4, making Rucker the first solo African-American artist to reach the top of the country charts since Charley Pride's "Night Games" in 1983.{{cite web |url=http://philadelphiaathome.com/dct/62/id/269486/mid/1812/Darius-Rucker-Takes-Country-Debut-To-Number-One.aspx |title=Darius Rucker Takes Country Debut To Number One |accessdate=2008-09-24 |date=2008-09-23 |work=Philadelphia At Home}} The song remained on top of the chart for a second consecutive week.Cohen, Jonathan. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043900/tis-like-still-cruising-atop-hot-100 "T.I.'s 'Like' Still Cruising Atop Hot 100"]. Billboard. October 2, 2008. It is also his first solo Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, at number 35. The song reached over a million copies in sales in May 2014.{{cite web|last=Grein|first=Paul|title=Chart Watch: Iggy Azalea's Amazing Feat|url=https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-iggy-azalea-amazing-feat-215813622.html|work=Yahoo!|date=14 May 2014 |accessdate=15 May 2014}}
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!Chart (2008) !Peak |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|35|artist=Darius Rucker|artistid=20843765}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Darius Rucker|artistid=20843765}} |
| {{singlechart|Canada|47|artist=Darius Rucker|artistid=20843765}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcanadacountry|3|artist=Darius Rucker|artistid=20843765}} |
=Year-end charts=
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Darius Rucker|title=Don't Think I Don't Think About It|award=Platinum|relyear=2008|certyear=2021|refname=RIAA|access-date=July 1, 2021}}
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa7ot4R_-Qo Official music video on YouTube]
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Category:Music videos directed by Wayne Isham
Category:Songs written by Darius Rucker
Category:Songs written by Clay Mills
Category:Song recordings produced by Frank Rogers (record producer)