Settling Down
"Settling Down" | ||||
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Single by Miranda Lambert | ||||
from the album Wildcard | ||||
Released | September 21, 2020 (2020-09-21) | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:17 | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Jay Joyce | |||
Miranda Lambert singles chronology | ||||
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"Settling Down" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. It was released on September 21, 2020, as the third single from Lambert's seventh studio album Wildcard.[1]
Lambert performed the song live at the 54th Annual Country Music Association Awards.[2]
Composition
Lambert wrote the song with Luke Dick and Natalie Hemby, the same team that wrote her previous single, "Bluebird", and it was produced by Jay Joyce.[3] Lambert developed the song's hook while having an earlier conversation with her bus driver about her relationship with Brendan McLoughlin ("am I settling up or settling down?") and brought that to the writing session, and together they wrote a song "full of paradoxes" that highlighted the whirlwind life of an artist touring the country while also desiring the homestead lifestyle following Lambert's fresh marriage to McLoughlin.[3] Lambert also noted that McLoughlin was one of the song's most ardent supporters and lobbied for its release as a single: "And you know, he was out there with us on the road and he was hearing, when I was hanging with radio, that people were responding to it."[3]
Music video
The music video for "Settling Down" was directed by Trey Fanjoy and premiered on October 21, 2020.[4] It was shot on location at Lambert's farm outside Nashville, Tennessee and features her husband, Brendan McLoughlin, marking the first time Lambert has had a love interest in one of her music videos: "I'm like, 'You're cute, you're here, and you're free.' It was fun; he did such a great job... and our little dog is in it, and our ponies. It's at my magical-happy place an hour away from Nashville."[5]
Chart performance
"Settling Down" debuted at number 45 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart dated October 3, 2020,[6] and at number 49 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated October 17, 2020.[7]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[15] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[16] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "Miranda Lambert - Settling Down - Daily Play MPE®Daily Play MPE®". daily.plaympe.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23.
- ^ "The CMA Awards Promise to Bring Top Country Stars Together 'Safely, All in One Room'". Billboard.
- ^ a b c Tom Roland (October 20, 2020). "Makin' Tracks: Miranda Lambert Crafts a Through-Line From 'Bluebird' To 'Settling Down'". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ Claire Shaffer (October 21, 2020). "Miranda Lambert Shows Off Her Husband in 'Settling Down' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ Tomás Mier (October 21, 2020). "Miranda Lambert and Husband Brendan McLoughlin Are 'Settling Down' in 'Magical' Music Video". People.com. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ "Country Airplay". Billboard. October 3, 2020.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs". Billboard. October 17, 2020.
- ^ "Miranda Lambert Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Miranda Lambert Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Miranda Lambert Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ "Miranda Lambert Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "Miranda Lambert Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ "Country Airplay – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ "Canadian single certifications – Miranda Lambert – Settling Down". Music Canada. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ^ "American single certifications – Miranda Lambert – Settling Down". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
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- "Me and Charlie Talking"
- "Bring Me Down"
- "Kerosene"
- "New Strings"
- "Dead Flowers"
- "White Liar"
- "The House That Built Me"
- "Only Prettier"
- "Heart Like Mine"
- "Baggage Claim"
- "Over You"
- "Fastest Girl in Town"
- "Mama's Broken Heart"
- "All Kinds of Kinds"
- "Automatic"
- "Somethin' Bad"
- "Little Red Wagon"
- "Smokin' and Drinkin'"
- "Vice"
- "We Should Be Friends"
- "Tin Man"
- "It All Comes Out in the Wash"
- "Bluebird"
- "Settling Down"
- "Wranglers"
- "Forever Country"
- "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)"
- "Space in My Heart"
- "Coal Miner's Daughter"
- "Boys 'Round Here"
- "We Were Us"
- "Drowns the Whiskey"