Over (Blake Shelton song)

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"Over"
Single by Blake Shelton
from the album Red River Blue
Released May 21, 2012 (2012-05-21)
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 3:13
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Writer(s)
  • Paul Jenkins
  • David Elliott Johnson
Producer(s) Scott Hendricks
Blake Shelton singles chronology
"Drink on It"
(2012)
"Over"
(2012)
"Just a Fool"
(2012)

"Over" is a song recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released in May 2012 as the fourth and final single from his album Red River Blue. The song was written by Paul Jenkins and David Elliott Johnson.[1]

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song three stars out of five, calling it "an extraordinary recording of an ordinary song."[2] Ashley Cooke of Roughstock gave the song two stars out of five, writing that it "doesn’t really fit [Shelton's] style or personality."[3] Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a D grade, calling it "mediocre" and comparing it to a nineties lukewarm rock ballad.[4]

Music video

The music video was directed by Roman White and premiered on June 15, 2012.[5]

Covers

Terry McDermott covered the song in 3rd season on The Voice.

Chart performance

"Over" debuted at number 53 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of May 19, 2012.[6] On the chart dated September 1, 2012, "Over" became Shelton's seventh consecutive number one single, and his twelfth overall.

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] 59
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 43
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[10] 36

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[11] Platinum 1,000,000

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

Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Songs
number-one single

September 1–8, 2012
Succeeded by
"Pontoon"
by Little Big Town

References

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  4. CountryUniverse.net Review by Kevin John Coyne
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  7. "Blake Shelton – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Blake Shelton.
  8. "Blake Shelton – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Blake Shelton.
  9. "Blake Shelton – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Blake Shelton.
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