"Good as You" is a song recorded by American country music singer Kane Brown. It is the second single to his second major-label album Experiment. Brown wrote the song with Brock Berryhill, Shy Carter, Taylor Phillips, and Will Weatherly. Dann Huff produced the song.
| "Good as You" | ||||
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| Single by Kane Brown | ||||
| from the album Experiment | ||||
| Released | January 7, 2019 | |||
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| Length | 3:12 | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville | |||
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| Producer(s) | Dann Huff | |||
| Kane Brown singles chronology | ||||
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Content and history
editBrown wrote the song with Shy Carter, Taylor Phillips, and Will Weatherly. He said that the song's idea came when Carter began performing on a ukulele, and then Phillips provided the lyric "Girl, I want to be good as you."[1] The song features banjo and electric guitar, and its lyrical theme is a love ballad to his wife, Katelynn. Brown performed the song on January 14, 2019 on Good Morning America.[2] He also filmed a wedding video including the song.[3]
Chart performance
editIn the week ending May 27, 2019, "Good as You" became Kane Brown's fourth consecutive and total number one on the Country Airplay chart.[4] As of July 2019, the single has sold 194,000 copies in the US.[5] On December 7, 2023, the single was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and streaming equivalent units of over three million units in the United States.[6]
Music video
editDirected by Reid Long, the video features a young boy (played by This is Us's Lonnie Chavis, who on the show plays 8-year old Randall). It begins with him waking up in the dead of night noticing his mom (a physician assistant) showing his grandmother the bills. The next day seems to go as normal for the boy (his mom packs him star-shaped sandwiches for lunch, he gets on the school bus only to get picked on by two other kids, he meets his friend and shares his lunch with her) but takes a drastic turn when older boys try to steal his backpack and beat him up. A policewoman (his grandma) comes by and picks him up, buys him an icee, then takes him home. That night, he and his sister devise a plan to surprise their mother. They decorate the living room into a starry night. Their mom come home from work and is very shocked and blessed that her kids did so.
Between these scenes, shots of Brown performing the song while sitting on the boy's living room couch are interspersed.
Charts
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Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[16] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
| Canada (Music Canada)[17] | 3× Platinum | 240,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[6] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ "How Kane Brown Built 'Good As You'". CMT. Archived from the original on January 8, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- ^ "Kane Brown Brings Song About His Wife, 'Good as You,' to 'GMA' [Watch]". Taste of Country. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- ^ "Kane Brown Sends His Wedding Video Song, 'Good As You,' To Country Radio". Whiskey Riff. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- ^ Asker, Jim (May 29, 2019). "Kane Brown's 'Good' Week Brings Fourth Country Airplay No. 1, Blake Shelton Surges In Streaming". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (July 26, 2019). "Top 30 Digital Country Songs: July 21, 2019". Roughstock. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ^ a b "American single certifications – Kane Brown – Good as You". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ "Kane Brown Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ "Kane Brown Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
- ^ "Kane Brown Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
- ^ "Kane Brown Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ^ "Kane Brown Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ^ "Top 100 Songs". Rolling Stone. July 2, 2019. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ "Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Country Airplay – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2022 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ "Canadian single certifications – Kane Brown – Good as You". Music Canada. Retrieved January 20, 2024.