Beat This Summer

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"Beat This Summer"
Single by Brad Paisley
from the album Wheelhouse
Released March 4, 2013 (2013-03-04)
Format Music download
Genre Country
Length 4:39
Label Arista Nashville
Writer(s) Brad Paisley
Chris DuBois
Luke Laird
Producer(s) Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley singles chronology
"Southern Comfort Zone"
(2012)		 "Beat This Summer"
(2013)		 "I Can't Change the World"
(2013)

"Beat This Summer" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released in March 2013 as the second single from his ninth studio album, Wheelhouse. Paisley co-wrote the song with Chris DuBois and Luke Laird.[1]

Content

"Beat This Summer" is a moderate up-tempo song about a male narrator meeting a lover on summer vacation.

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song four stars out of five, saying that "the singer stretches himself vocally, going for notes late in the song that he typically stays away from. As a producer, Paisley and his team add a few effects and techniques that separate this song from anything else he’s recorded."[2] Chuck Dauphin of Roughstock wrote that the song is "very different from what you might expect from Brad" and that he is "longing for simpler arrangements from Paisley."[3] Giving it a "thumbs up", Karlie Justus Marlowe of Engine 145 said that "The contrast in swirling instrumentation and simple lyric delivery is stark and successful, adding interest and spark. But here, the storyline isn’t so much the focus as is it is the feeling of frenetic love with an expiration date", although she thought that the amount of production "very nearly goes into overload".[4]

Music video

The music video was directed by Roman White and premiered in April 2013. It was filmed on the Santa Monica boardwalk and on Santa Monica Beach in California. Brad himself only appears during the video's final scenes, starting at 3.5 minutes in. [5]

Chart performance

"Beat This Summer" debuted at number 40 on the U.S. Billboard Country Airplay chart for the week of March 16, 2013.[6] It also debuted at number 29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of March 23, 2013. It also debuted at number 97 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of March 23, 2013. It also debuted at number 86 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart for the week of March 23, 2013. As of August 2013, the single has sold 532,000 copies in the United States.[7]

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8] 51
Canada Country (Billboard)[9] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 46
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[11] 2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[12] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[13] 21
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[14] 36

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[15] Gold 500,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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  8. ↑ "Brad Paisley – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Brad Paisley.
  9. ↑ "Brad Paisley – Chart history" Billboard Canada Country for Brad Paisley.
  10. ↑ "Brad Paisley – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Brad Paisley.
  11. ↑ "Brad Paisley – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Brad Paisley.
  12. ↑ "Brad Paisley – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Brad Paisley.
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