Over You (Miranda Lambert song)

"Over You" is a country ballad written by Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton about a personal experience Shelton had as a teenager when his older brother was killed in a car accident. According to Lambert, she decided to record the song because of Shelton's emotional connection to the song: "Blake said he couldn’t record it for himself or sing it onstage every night, but he would be honored for me to."{{cite web|url=http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2011/12/19/miranda-lamberts-over-you-tells-painful-family-story/|title=Miranda Lambert's 'Over You' tells painful family story|author=Cindy Watts|date=December 19, 2011|publisher=The Tennessean|access-date=January 4, 2012}}

The song received mixed reviews from music critics. Kyle Ward of Roughstock gave the song 4½ stars out of 5, favorably describing the song as having "a raw account of pain and emotions. The production and melody of the song is solemn, and Miranda does a great job, giving a very pretty, controlled rendering of the song. She really sets the tone, right from the opening line."{{cite web|url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/single-review-miranda-lambert-over-you/|title=Single Review: Miranda Lambert - "Over You"|author=Kyle Ward|date=December 19, 2011|publisher=Roughstock|access-date=January 4, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203164823/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/single-review-miranda-lambert-over-you|archive-date=February 3, 2012}} Ben Foster of Country Universe gave the song a D+ and described it as being a "really boring song [...] clogged up with superficial cliché phrasing and awkward juvenile rhyme schemes set to a clunky, uninspired melody."{{cite web|url=http://www.countryuniverse.net/2011/12/12/single-review-miranda-lambert-over-you/|title=Single Review: Miranda Lambert, "Over You"|author=Ben Foster|date=December 12, 2011|publisher=Country Universe|access-date=January 4, 2012}} Billboard and Paste ranked the song number two and number three, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest Miranda Lambert songs.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/miranda-lambert-songs-best-hits-list-7849283/|title=Miranda Lambert's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks|first=Chuck|last=Dauphin|magazine=Billboard|date=June 30, 2017|accessdate=May 1, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best/miranda-lambert-songs/|title=The 10 Best Miranda Lambert Songs|first=Ellen|last=Johnson|work=Paste|date=August 17, 2020|accessdate=May 1, 2022}}

The music video for "Over You" was directed by Trey Fanjoy and shot between January 30, 2012, and February 2, 2012, and premiered on March 1, 2012. The video shows Lambert walking through a wooded area during a light snow, before coming to a set of gravestones, where she proceeds to grieve over the loss of her loved one. Before turning to leave, she places a watch on the grave. Throughout the video, scenes of a white horse running among the trees are also included, as well as two small children playing, one of whom eventually disappears.

"Over You" debuted at number 52 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending January 7, 2012. It also debuted at number 93 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in November 2011 (prior to its release as an official single), and debuted at number 84 on Canadian Hot 100 chart for the week of March 17, 2012. It has sold 1,338,000 copies in the US as of June 2013.{{cite news |title=June 5, 2013: Florida Georgia Line, Danielle Bradbery, Blake Shelton, Cole Swindell Lead |url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/june-5-2013-florida-georgia-line-danielle-bradbery-blake-shelton-cole-swindell-lead |last=Bjorke |first=Matt |work=Roughstock |date=2013-06-05 |access-date=June 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919204224/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/june-5-2013-florida-georgia-line-danielle-bradbery-blake-shelton-cole-swindell-lead |archive-date=September 19, 2013 }}

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In November 2012, Cassadee Pope, contestant and eventual winner of the third season of The Voice, covered the song during the live top 10 performances segment of the show. As part of the show, she was coached through the duration of the show by Blake Shelton, the co-writer of the song.

Pope's version sold 152,000 copies in its debut week, beating Javier Colon's record of 145,000 unit sales for his winner's single "Stitch by Stitch", making it the highest-selling single of the series.{{cite magazine|last=Gallo|first=Phil|title='The Voice' Scores Hit With Cassadee Pope's 'Over You'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473968/the-voice-scores-hit-with-cassadee-popes-over-you|magazine=Billboard|access-date=29 November 2012}} It debuted at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100,{{cite magazine|title=The Billboard Hot 100 Week of December 8, 2012|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/14312047|magazine=Billboard|access-date=29 November 2012}} and number 3 on the Hot Digital Songs charts.{{cite magazine|title=Hot Digital Songs Week of December 8, 2012|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/14312087|magazine=Billboard|access-date=29 November 2012}} It has sold a total of 277,000 copies in its first five weeks (the duration of the show).{{cite web|title=Country Chart News - The Top 30 Digital Singles: The Week of December 12, 2012: Florida Georgia Line Dominance; Cassadee Pope Returns|url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/country-chart-news-the-top-30-digital-singles-the-week-of-december-12-2012-florida-georgia-line-dominance-cassadee-pope-returns/|work=Roughstock.com|access-date=14 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329144801/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/country-chart-news-the-top-30-digital-singles-the-week-of-december-12-2012-florida-georgia-line-dominance-cassadee-pope-returns|archive-date=29 March 2013}} The song was later performed again on the final performances of the series on December 17.

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