"Better When I Do" is a song recorded by Canadian

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artist

Aaron Pritchett Aaron Pritchett (born August 2, 1970) is a Canadian country music singer. He had a #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' Canada Country chart with " Better When I Do", and has landed gold-certified hits with " Hold My Beer", " Dirt Road in 'Em", " When a ...

. The track was produced by Scott Cooke, and co-written by

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, Corey Crowder, and

Jimmy Yeary James Earl Yeary (born in Hillsboro, Ohio) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 1994, Yeary moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to begin a career as a recording artist. Although he was signed to Atlantic Records, a change in label p ...

. It won "Single of the Year" at the 2019 British Columbia Country Music Awards, and was the second single off Pritchett's extended play ''Out on the Town''.

Background

Pritchett was at a publishing house in

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, where he heard approximately 60 songs in 45 minutes — including the future number one "

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" — and he said "not a thing hit". Upon hearing "Better When I Do", which had been written over six years prior and held then passed on by several artists, Pritchett felt an instant connection and knew he had to record it. He stated he "

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to favour a bit more edge and some of those pop tinges".

Commercial performance

"Better When I Do" reached a peak of #1 on the ''Billboard''

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chart dated April 6, 2019, marking Pritchett's first chart-topper, 19 years after his debut radio single.

Accolades

Music video

The official music video for "Better When I Do" premiered on November 21, 2018.

Charts

References

{{authority control 2018 songs 2018 singles Aaron Pritchett songs Songs written by Jessi Alexander Songs written by Corey Crowder (songwriter) Songs written by Jimmy Yeary