Settling Down
{{For|the Jerry Cantrell song|Boggy Depot}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Settling Down
| cover = MirandaLambertSettlingDown.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Miranda Lambert
| album = Wildcard
| released = {{Start date|2020|09|21}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:17
| label = RCA Nashville
| writer = * Miranda Lambert
- Luke Dick
- Natalie Hemby
| producer = Jay Joyce
| prev_title = Bluebird
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)
| next_year = 2021
}}
"Settling Down" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. It was released on September 21, 2020, as the third single from Lambert's seventh studio album Wildcard.{{cite web |url=https://daily.plaympe.com/miranda-lambert-settling-down/ |title=Miranda Lambert - Settling Down - Daily Play MPE®Daily Play MPE® |website=daily.plaympe.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023125724/https://daily.plaympe.com/miranda-lambert-settling-down/ |archive-date=2020-10-23}}
Lambert performed the song live at the 54th Annual Country Music Association Awards.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9474772/2020-cma-awards-first-group-performers|title=The CMA Awards Promise to Bring Top Country Stars Together 'Safely, All in One Room'|magazine=Billboard}}
Composition
Lambert wrote the song with Luke Dick and Natalie Hemby, the same team that wrote her previous single, "Bluebird", and it was produced by Jay Joyce.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9469269/makin-tracks-miranda-lambert-bluebird-settling-down/|title=Makin' Tracks: Miranda Lambert Crafts a Through-Line From 'Bluebird' To 'Settling Down'|author=Tom Roland|date=October 20, 2020|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=October 21, 2020}} Lambert developed the song's hook while having an earlier conversation with her bus driver about her relationship with Brendan McLoughlin ("am I settling up or settling down?") and brought that to the writing session, and together they wrote a song "full of paradoxes" that highlighted the whirlwind life of an artist touring the country while also desiring the homestead lifestyle following Lambert's fresh marriage to McLoughlin. Lambert also noted that McLoughlin was one of the song's most ardent supporters and lobbied for its release as a single: "And you know, he was out there with us on the road and he was hearing, when I was hanging with radio, that people were responding to it."
Music video
The music video for "Settling Down" was directed by Trey Fanjoy and premiered on October 21, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/miranda-lambert-settling-down-video-1079184/|title=Miranda Lambert Shows Off Her Husband in 'Settling Down' Video|author=Claire Shaffer|date=October 21, 2020|publisher=Rolling Stone|accessdate=October 21, 2020}} It was shot on location at Lambert's farm outside Nashville, Tennessee and features her husband, Brendan McLoughlin, marking the first time Lambert has had a love interest in one of her music videos: "I'm like, 'You're cute, you're here, and you're free.' It was fun; he did such a great job... and our little dog is in it, and our ponies. It's at my magical-happy place an hour away from Nashville."{{cite web|url=https://people.com/country/miranda-lambert-brendan-mcloughlin-settling-down-music-video/|title=Miranda Lambert and Husband Brendan McLoughlin Are 'Settling Down' in 'Magical' Music Video|author=Tomás Mier|date=October 21, 2020|publisher=People.com|accessdate=October 21, 2020}}
Chart performance
"Settling Down" debuted at number 45 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart dated October 3, 2020,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-airplay/2020-10-03 |title=Country Airplay |magazine=Billboard |date=October 3, 2020}} and at number 49 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated October 17, 2020.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/2020-10-16 |title=Hot Country Songs |magazine=Billboard |date=October 17, 2020}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+ Weekly chart performance for "Settling Down" ! Chart (2020–2021) ! Peak |
| {{single chart|Canada|51|artist=Miranda Lambert|rowheader=true|access-date=April 13, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadacountry|1|artist=Miranda Lambert|rowheader=true|access-date=April 20, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|41|artist=Miranda Lambert|rowheader=true|access-date=June 29, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountryairplay|6|artist=Miranda Lambert|rowheader=true|access-date=June 15, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|6|artist=Miranda Lambert|rowheader=true|access-date=June 8, 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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|+ Year-end chart performance for "Settling Down" ! Chart (2021) ! Position |
| scope="row"| US Country Airplay (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Country Airplay – Year-End 2021|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/country-airplay-songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 2, 2021}}
| 15 |
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| scope="row"| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2021|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/hot-country-songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 2, 2021}}
| 14 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Miranda Lambert|title=Settling Down|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2022|access-date=January 21, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Miranda Lambert|title=Settling Down|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2022|access-date=May 1, 2022}}
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