Just What I Do

{{Infobox song

| name = Just What I Do

| cover = JustWhatIDo.jpg

| alt = This is a promotional copy of Trick Pony's single "Just What I Do".

| type = single

| artist = Trick Pony

| album = Trick Pony

| released = {{Start date|2002|01|11}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2002/RR-2002-01-11.pdf|title=New & Active: Country|magazine=Radio & Records|page=70|date=January 11, 2002|issue=1435|access-date=June 17, 2024}}

| format =

| recorded = 2000

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=22}}

| label = {{hlist|H2E|Warner Bros. Nashville}}

| writer = {{hlist|Keith Burns|Ira Dean}}

| producer = Chuck Howard

| prev_title = On a Night Like This

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = On a Mission

| next_year = 2002

}}

"Just What I Do" is a song recorded by American country music group Trick Pony, taken from their self-titled debut studio album. It is one of the group's few songs in which lead singer Heidi Newfield does not sing the lead vocals, with Keith Burns instead taking lead vocals.{{cite web | url=http://www.countryweekly.com/vault/just-what-they-do | title=The Country Daily }} Burns wrote the song with fellow member Ira Dean.{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r522369|pure_url=yes}}|title=Trick Pony|last=Jonas|first=Liana|work=Allmusic|access-date=January 29, 2012}} Chuck Howard produced the track. Warner Bros. Nashville began promoting the single to country radio in January 2002 as the third and final single from the album.

The song was another hit for the group, peaking at number 13 on the US Hot Country Songs chart.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|page=427|year=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} It also garnered them their sole Grammy nomination, being nominated for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards in 2003;{{cite news|last=Gilbert|first=Calvin|title=Joe Nichols Wasn't Expecting Grammy Nominations|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1459415/joe-nichols-wasnt-expecting-grammy-nominations.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115062245/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1459415/joe-nichols-wasnt-expecting-grammy-nominations.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 15, 2014|access-date=January 29, 2012|newspaper=Country Music Television|date=January 9, 2003}} they lost the award to the Chicks' 2002 hit "Long Time Gone". The track was also nominated at the 38th ACM Awards for Single Record of the Year, losing to "The Good Stuff" by Kenny Chesney.

Music video

The music video for "Just What I Do" was directed by Peter Zavadil.{{cite web |title=CMT : Videos : Trick Pony : Just What I Do |url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/trick_pony/33970/.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723225905/http://www.cmt.com/videos/trick-pony/33970/just-what-i-do.jhtml |archive-date=July 23, 2012 |access-date=January 29, 2012 |publisher=Country Music Television}} It debuted to CMT on April 7, 2002.{{Cite magazine |date=April 20, 2002 |title=Video Monitor: New Ons |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vxAEAAAAMBAJ&q=Trick+Pony |access-date=June 17, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |page=67 |volume=114 |issue=16 |issn=0006-2510}} It was nominated at the 2003 ACM Awards for Music Video of the Year{{cite news|last=Gilbert|first=Calvin|title=Toby Keith Barks Loudly With ACM Nominations|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1470326/toby-keith-barks-loudly-with-acm-nominations.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119231454/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1470326/toby-keith-barks-loudly-with-acm-nominations.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2013|access-date=January 29, 2012|newspaper=Country Music Television|date=March 4, 2003}} and 2003 CMT Flameworthy Awards for Group/Duo Video of the Year, losing the former to "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" by Alan Jackson and the latter to "These Days" by Rascal Flatts.

Commercial performance

"Just What I Do" debuted on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of January 19, 2002, at number 55.{{cite news|last=Flippo|first=Chet|title=O Brother Rebounds to Reclaim No. 1 Chart Spot|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1451763/o-brother-rebounds-to-reclaim-no-1-chart-spot.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115062952/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1451763/o-brother-rebounds-to-reclaim-no-1-chart-spot.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 15, 2014|access-date=January 29, 2012|newspaper=Country Music Television|date=January 14, 2002}} It reached the top-forty the week of February 2, 2002, at number 40. It peaked at number 13 on June 1, 2002, spending 24 weeks in total on the chart. It also reached number 13 on the Radio & Records Country Top 50 while reaching number nine on that magazine's Country Indicator chart.{{Cite news |date=May 31, 2002 |title=Country Top 50 Indicator |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2002/RR-2002-05-31.pdf |access-date=June 17, 2024 |work=Radio & Records |page=50 |issue=1455}}

Charts

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|+Weekly chart performance for "Just What I Do"

!align="left"|Chart (2002)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Billboardbubbling100|3|artist=Trick Pony|artistid=422469}}
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|13|artist=Trick Pony|artistid=422469}}

=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"|Chart (2002)

!scope="col"|Position

US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2002: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media |year=2002 | access-date=August 13, 2012}}

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