OLD DOMINION - BREAK UP WITH HIM

BREAK UP WITH HIM

OLD DOMINION

SONGWRITER: OLD DOMINION

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

WHERE: LIVE IN BOSTON

ALBUM: MEAT AND CANDY

LABEL: RCA NASHVILLE

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 2015

"Break Up with Him" is a song by American country music group Old Dominion. Originally released as the second single off their self-titled EP on ReeSmack in January 2015, the band later signed with RCA Nashville on February 2015 and re-released the song on May 11 as the lead single from their debut album Meat and Candy. The song garnered positive reviews from critics praising the production and lyrical content.

"Break Up with Him" peaked at number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, giving the band their first number-one country hit. It also charted at numbers 3 and 44 on the Hot Country Songs and Hot 100 charts respectively. The song was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has sold 719,000 copies in the United States as of May 2016. It received similar chart success in Canada, peaking at number 3 on the Country chart and number 53 on the Canadian Hot 100. It was certified Platinum by Music Canada, denoting sales of over 80,000 units in that country.

The accompanying music video for the song, directed by Steve Condon, pays homage to the 1985 sci-fi film Back to the Future.

Hey girl, what's up?

I know it's late, but I knew you'd pick it up

Naw, I ain't drunk

Okay, maybe I do have a little buzz but

That song came on and I just thought

What harm could come from one little call?

I know you say you're taken, but I say girl you're taking too long

To tell him that it's over

Then bring it on over

Stringing him along any longer girl

It's just wasting precious time

Girl, you know it can't wait

Rip it off just like a band-aid

The way you look at me, girl, you can't pretend

I know you ain't in love with him, break up with him

I know, you don't wanna break his heart

But that ain't no good reason to be keeping us apart look,

Just tell him, it's you, it ain't him,

And maybe you can lie to him and say you'll still be friends

Whatever you got to say to get through to him that you ain't in love

C'mon you can't deny that you and I kinda fit like a glove

So tell him that it's over

Then bring it on over

Stringing him along any longer girl

It's just wasting precious time

Girl, you know it can't wait

Rip it off just like a band-aid

It ain't my business to be all up in

But I know you ain't in love with him, break up with him

I know that you're so done with him

Break up with him, break up with him

You would've hung up by now

If you weren't thinking it too

No pressure, whatever

Just do what you gotta do, but if I was you

I'd tell him that it's over

Then bring it on over

Stringing him along any longer girl

It's just wasting precious time

Girl, you know it can't wait

Just rip it off like a band-aid

Yeah, I know I said it, but I'll say it again

I know you ain't in love with him, break up with him

The way you look at me, girl, you can't pretend,

I know you ain't in love with him, break up with him, yeah

Just break up with him.