"Some Beach" is a song written by Rory Feek and Paul Overstreet and recorded by American

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artist

Blake Shelton Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country music singer and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single " Austin". The lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" spent five weeks at ...

. It was released in July 2004 as the second single from Shelton's 2004 album '' Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill''. The song became Shelton's third number one hit on the U.S. ''

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'' Hot Country Songs chart and spent four weeks at that position.

Content

The narrator deals with frustrations, such as being

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in traffic on the highway and having to wait all afternoon at the dentist's office, by wishing that he were "on some beach, somewhere." The song's title is a ''

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'', playing on a

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dialectal form of the epithet " son of a bitch" ("som' bitch").

Music video

The music video was directed by

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, and features Shelton driving a pickup truck down a freeway, trying to park the truck, and going to the dentist. The video features NASCAR driver Elliott Sadler.

Chart performance

"Some Beach" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs for the chart week of August 7, 2004.

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* 2004 singles Blake Shelton songs Warner Records Nashville singles Songs written by Paul Overstreet Songs written by Rory Feek Music videos directed by Peter Zavadil Songs about beaches 2004 songs {{2000s-country-song-stub