"Getting Over Him" is a song by American

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singers

Lauren Alaina Lauren Alaina Kristine Suddeth (born November 8, 1994) is an American singer and songwriter from Rossville, Georgia. She was the runner-up on the tenth season of ''American Idol.'' Her debut studio album, ''Wildflower,'' was released on October ...

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Jon Pardi Jonathan Ryan Pardi (born May 20, 1985) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Capitol Records Nashville, Capitol Nashville, he has released five studio albums: ''Write You a Song'' (2014), ''California Sunrise'' (2016), ...

. Alaina co-wrote the song with Emily Weisband and the record's producer, Paul DiGiovanni. It was released to country radio February 22, 2021 as the lead single from her 2020 EP of the same name, and was included on her third studio album '' Sitting Pretty on Top of the World'', which was released on September 3, 2021.

Background

Inspiration for the song came after Alaina experienced two public breakups over the course of a year and the singer was rediscovering the freedom of being single. When Alaina decided to adapt the song as a duet, Pardi was her first choice for a vocal partner. Alaina and Pardi had previously co-hosted the

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ACM Honors ceremony in 2018 and worked together on the track "Don't Blame It on Whiskey" from Pardi's 2019 album, '' Heartache Medication''.

Content

"Getting Over Him" is a "

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song about using "casual, no-strings-attached fun" to get over a failed romance. One of song's key lines—"My last call, first call, no falling/Just my getting over him guy"—was originally intended for another song, but was incorporated into the lyrics of "Getting Over Him" during the song's development due to their thematic fit. Alaina decided to compose the song as a duet to "soften" the message, telling ''

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'' that she is "really not a one-night stand girl."

Critical reception

Jessica Nicholson of ''

'' wrote that "Getting Over Him" is a "sizzling slice of defiant fun." ''

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'' staff described the song as "a pitch perfect duet" in one review and the magazine's Melinda Newman wrote that "Alaina and Pardi make a no-strings-attached tryst sound deliciously good" in another.

Charts

References

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