COWBOY
CASANOVA
CARRIE
UNDERWOOD
SONGWRITERS: BRETT JAMES; CARRIE UNDERWOOD & MIKE
ELIZANDO
COUNTRY:
U. S. A.
ALBUM: PLAY ON
LABEL: ARISTA NASHVILLE
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 2009
Carrie Marie Underwood(born March 10, 1983) is
an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. Her single "Inside Your Heaven"
made her the only country artist to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the only solo country artist in the 2000s to have a
number-one song on the Hot 100. Her debut album, Some Hearts(2005),
was bolstered by the successful crossover singles "Jesus, Take the Wheel"
and "Before He Cheats",
becoming the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history. She
won three Grammy Awards for the album, including Best New
Artist. The next studio album, Carnival Ride(2007),
had one of the biggest opening weeks of all time by a female artist and won two
Grammy Awards. Her third studio album, Play On(2009),
was preceded by the single "Cowboy Casanova",
which had one of the biggest single-week upward movements on the Hot 100.
She achieved the second best-selling release
by a woman in 2012 and won a Grammy Award with her fourth album, Blown Away(2012).
Her compilation Greatest
Hits: Decade #1(2014) spawned the crossover
single "Something in the Water".
Her fifth studio album, Storyteller(2015),
made her the only country artist to have all studio albums reach either numbers
one or two on the Billboard 200 chart. With her sixth album, Cry Pretty(2018),
she became the only woman to top the Billboard 200 with four country albums and
had the biggest week for any album by a woman in 2018. She released her first Christmas project,
My Gift, in
2020, and her first gospel collection, My Savior, in
2021, to critical acclaim.
Play On is the third studio album by American
country music singer Carrie Underwood. It was
released in the United States on November 3, 2009, through Arista Nashville. The
album was recorded in three separate studios, Starstuck Studios in Nashville,
Texas, Maratone Studios in
Stockholm, Sweden, and Gemano Studios in New York City. Play On was produced by
Mark Bright who also produced Underwood's "Carnival Ride"
and seven other songs off of Some Hearts.
Much of Play On, which took Underwood three
months to write, takes on Underwood's staple style of country music that
combines the twang of Underwoods biggest inspiration, Reba McEntire, and the
attitude area rock rock, and her addition of pop.
The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 318,000 copies, which was rated as the
highest first-week sales for a female artist in 2009 upon release. It is her
second album to debut at number 1 on the Billboard 200, and her third to debut
atop the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
As of October 2016, the album has been certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA, Platinum by the CRIA and Gold by the
ARIA. Play On has since sold
over three million copies worldwide. "Temporary Home"
and "Mama's Song"
were both nominated for Grammy Awards, while Play
On was nominated for Album of the Year at both the 2010 Academy of
Country Music Awards and Country Music
Association Awards, and won Favorite Country Album at the 2010 American
Music Awards.
The album spawned three consecutive Billboard
Hot Country Songs number 1 singles — "Cowboy Casanova",
"Temporary Home" and "Undo It",
all of which certified Multi-Platinum or Platinum by the RIAA. The fourth single, "Mama's
Song", reached number 2 on the chart and received a Gold certification
from the RIAA. "Cowboy Casanova" achieved one of
the biggest single-week upwards on the Billboard Hot 100 of all time, when it climbed 96–11 in its second week.
You better take it
from me
That boy is like a disease
You're runnin' and tryin' and tryin' to hide
And you're wondering why you can't get free
He's like a curse, he's like a drug
You get addicted to his love
You wanna get out, but he's holding ya down
'Cause you can't live without one more touch
He's a good time
cowboy Casanova
Leaning up against the record machine
He looks like a cool drink of water
But he's candy-coated misery
He's the devil in disguise
A snake with blue eyes
And he only comes out at night
Gives you feelings that you don't wanna fight
You better run for your life
I see that look on
your face
You ain't hearing what I say
So I'll say it again 'cause I been where ya been
And I know how it ends, you can't get away
Don't even look in his eyes
He'll tell you nothing but lies
And you wanna believe that you won't be deceived
If you listen to me and take my advice
He's a good time
cowboy Casanova
Leaning up against the record machine
He looks like a cool drink of water
But he's candy-coated misery
He's the devil in disguise
A snake with blue eyes
And he only comes out at night
Gives you feelings that you don't wanna fight
You better run for your life
Run, run away, don't
let him mess with your mind
He'll tell you anything you wanna hear
He'll break your heart, it's just a matter of time
But just remember
He's a good time
cowboy Casanova
Leaning up against the record machine
He looks like a cool drink of water
But he's candy-coated misery
He's the devil in disguise
A snake with blue eyes
And he only comes out at night
Gives you feelings that you don't wanna fight
You better run for your life
Oh, you better run
for your life
Oh, you better run for your life.