How I Got to Be This Way

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"How I Got to Be This Way"
Single by Justin Moore
from the album Justin Moore
Released June 1, 2010
Genre Country
Length 2:58
Label Valory Music Group
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Jeremy Stover
Justin Moore singles chronology
"Backwoods"
(2009)		 "How I Got to Be This Way"
(2010)		 "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away"
(2011)

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For the Taxiride song, see How I Got This Way.

"How I Got to Be This Way" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Justin Moore. It was released in June 2010 as the fourth single from his self-titled debut album.

Content

The song is an uptempo tune in which the narrator states that his past mistakes are how he got to be "a little bit harder and a whole lot smarter."

Critical reception

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock described the song positively in his review of the album, saying that it had a similar rock influence to the work of Jason Aldean but was comparably more authentic.[1] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave the song three and a half stars out of five, writing that Moore "has a down-home, everyman twang to his voice, lending the right amount of authenticity to his country-boy anthems" and that "the melody and production are a pleasing throwback to the early-mid 1990s."[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Chris Hicky and premiered in July 2010.[3]

Chart performance

The song debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts at number 54 for the week of June 12, 2010.[4]

Chart (2010) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 17
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100[6] 101

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 60

References

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  4. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/2010-06-12/country-songs?order=gainer
  5. ↑ Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=357 "Justin Moore – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Justin Moore. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
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External links

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