Every Little Thing (Carly Pearce song)

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"Every Little Thing"
Carly Pearce - Every Little Thing single cover.png
Single by Carly Pearce
from the album Every Little Thing
ReleasedFebruary 22, 2017 (2017-02-22)
Genre Country
Length3:03
Label Big Machine
Songwriter(s)
  • Carly Pearce
  • busbee
  • Emily Shackelton
Producer(s) busbee [1]
Carly Pearce singles chronology
"Wasn't That Drunk"
(2016)
"Every Little Thing"
(2017)
"Hide the Wine"
(2017)

"Every Little Thing" is the debut single co-written and recorded by American country music singer Carly Pearce. After receiving airplay on Sirius XM's The Highway channel, the song was sent to country music radio in February 2017. Pearce wrote the song with Emily Shackelton and busbee, who also produced it.

Contents

Content

AXS describes the song as "a rich musical composition, featuring piano, dobro, bass, cello and minor percussion". [2]

Critical reception

Taste of Country reviewed the song favorably, stating that Pearce "recalls some of country music’s most vulnerable female vocalists. The heartbreaking ballad is as raw as the singer’s emotions." [3]

Music video

The music video was directed by Patrick Tracy and premiered on CMT, GAC, and VEVO in March 2017.

Commercial performance

The song was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 14, 2017. [4] and has sold 393,000 copies in the United States as of November 2018. [5]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [13] Platinum80,000
United States (RIAA) [4] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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