Let Me Down Easy (Billy Currington song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Let Me Down Easy
| cover = Billy-Currington-2010-300-02.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Billy Currington
| album = Enjoy Yourself
| released = {{Start date|2010|10|04}}
| recorded = 2010
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country, country soul
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=48}}
| label = Mercury Nashville
| writer = {{hlist|Mark Nesler|Jennifer Hanson|Marty Dodson}}
| producer = {{hlist|Carson Chamberlain|Billy Currington}}
| prev_title = Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Love Done Gone
| next_year = 2011
}}
"Let Me Down Easy" is a song written by Mark Nesler, Jennifer Hanson and Marty Dodson and recorded by American country music artist Billy Currington. It was released in October 2010 as the second single from Currington's 2010 album Enjoy Yourself and as the eleventh single of his career. The song became Currington's fourth consecutive and sixth number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of April 2, 2011.{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=billy currington|chart=Country Songs}}
Music video
The music video was directed by Potsy Ponciroli. It is composed entirely of tour footage, showing Currington performing both at soundcheck, and at the actual show. It was released on March 28, 2011, just before its U.S. country peak of Number One.
Critical reception
Karlie Justus of Engine 145 gave the song a thumbs-up, saying that it was a "sultry sleeper hit" but also saying that she thought it was similar to "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" and "Don't".{{cite web |url=http://www.engine145.com/billy-currington-let-me-down-easy/ |title=Billy Currington — "Let Me Down Easy" |last=Justus |first=Karlie |publisher=Engine 145 |date=15 October 2010 |accessdate=14 December 2010 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218085950/http://www.engine145.com/billy-currington-let-me-down-easy/ |archivedate=18 December 2014 }} Gary Graff of Billboard also described the song favorably, saying that it had "Lionel Richie-style smoothness".{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1068633/billy-currington-enjoy-yourself |title=Billy Currington, "Enjoy Yourself" |last=Graff |first=Gary |publisher=Billboard |date=24 September 2010 |accessdate=14 December 2010}}
Chart performance
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (2010–2011) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Billy Currington|artistid= 516593}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|46|artist=Billy Currington|artistid= 516593}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcanadacountry|3|artist=Billy Currington|artistid=516593}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcanadianhot100|71|artist=Billy Currington|artistid= 516593}} |
=Year-end charts=
=Decade-end charts=
| class="wikitable |
| Chart (2010–2019)
! Position |
|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/hot-country-songs|title=Decade-End Charts: Hot Country Songs|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=February 3, 2020}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 34 |
References
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Category:Billy Currington songs
Category:Songs written by Mark Nesler
Category:Songs written by Jennifer Hanson
Category:Song recordings produced by Carson Chamberlain