Mean to Me (Brett Eldredge song)
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| name = Mean to Me
| cover = MeantoMe.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Brett Eldredge
| album = Bring You Back
| released = {{Start date|2014|7|14}}
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| genre = Country
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=48}}
| label = Atlantic Nashville
| writer = {{hlist|Brett Eldredge|Scooter Carusoe}}
| producer = Luke Laird
| prev_title = Beat of the Music
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = Lose My Mind
| next_year = 2015
| misc = {{Extra album cover
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| type = single
| cover = Mean To Me alternate cover.jpg
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"Mean to Me" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brett Eldredge. It was released on July 14, 2014, as his fifth single and the fourth single from his debut studio album, Bring You Back. The song was written by Eldredge and Scooter Carusoe.
The song has sold 477,000 copies in the US as of April 2015.{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/04/34491-country-musics-top-30-digital-singles-week-april-22-2015/ |title=Country Music's Top 30 Digital Singles: Week of April 22, 2015|author= Matt Bjorke |date= April 22, 2015 |work=Roughstock }} Sales figure given [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MX4sBuNKC6f3cyxGxlcWn6HkDePh8szm8um2jkV6CVE/edit#gid=0 here]
Critical reception
The website Taste of Country gave the song a positive review, saying that "In a way, ‘Mean to Me’ is Eldredge's answer to a test brought to him after two successful, but sonically similar songs. He needed to go in a different direction or risk boring his fans, and he did. This beautiful ballad makes him all the more interesting."{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/brett-eldredge-mean-to-me/|title=Brett Eldredge, 'Mean to Me' [Listen]|date=1 July 2014|work=Taste of Country|accessdate=23 July 2015}}
Music video
The music video was directed by Shane Drake and premiered in September 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/brett-eldredge/1081562/mean-to-me.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917090751/http://www.cmt.com/videos/brett-eldredge/1081562/mean-to-me.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 17, 2014|title=CMT : Videos : Brett Eldredge : Mean To Me|publisher=Country Music Television|accessdate=September 14, 2014}}
Charts
=Weekly charts=
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! Chart (2014–2015) ! Peak |
| {{singlechart|Canada|65|artist=Brett Eldredge}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcanadacountry|3|artist=Brett Eldredge}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|53|artist=Brett Eldredge}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountryairplay|1|artist=Brett Eldredge}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|4|artist=Brett Eldredge}} |
=Year-end charts=
Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=Brett Eldredge|title=Mean to Me|award=Platinum|certyear=2018|certmonth=8|relyear=2014|access-date=August 15, 2018}}
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References
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Category:Songs written by Brett Eldredge
Category:Song recordings produced by Luke Laird
Category:Atlantic Records singles
Category:Music videos directed by Shane Drake
Category:Songs written by Scooter Carusoe
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