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"Over" is a song written by Paul Jenkins and David Elliott Johnson[1] and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released in May 2012 as the fourth and final single from Shelton's 2011 album Red River Blue. The song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in September 2012. It was originally released in 2007 as a track on Burn Out Bright, the debut and only album released by Jenkins's band, The Royce.[2]

"Over"
Single by Blake Shelton
from the album Red River Blue
Released	May 21, 2012 (2012-05-21)
Genre	Country pop country rock
Length	3:13
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Paul Jenkins David Elliott Johnson
Producer(s)	Scott Hendricks
Blake Shelton singles chronology
"Drink on It" (2012) "Over" (2012) "Just a Fool" (2012)

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song three stars out of five, calling it "an extraordinary recording of an ordinary song."[3] Ashley Cooke of Roughstock gave the song two stars out of five, writing that it "doesn’t really fit [Shelton's] style or personality."[4] Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a D grade, calling it "mediocre" and comparing it to a nineties lukewarm rock ballad.[5]

Music video

The music video was directed by Roman White and premiered on June 15, 2012.[6]

Covers

Terry McDermott covered the song in 3rd season on The Voice.

Chart performance

"Over" debuted at number 53 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of May 19, 2012.[7] On the chart dated September 1, 2012, "Over" became Shelton's seventh consecutive number one single, and his twelfth overall.

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8]	59
US Billboard Hot 100[9]	43
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[11]	36

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[12]	Platinum	1,000,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

На других языках

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- [en] Over (Blake Shelton song)

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[ru] Over (песня Блейка Шелтона)

Over — песня американского кантри-певца Блейка Шелтона с его 6-го студийного альбома Red River Blue, вышедшая отдельным синглом в мае 2012 года на лейбле Reprise Records. Песня была написана Полом Дженкинсом (Paul Jenkins) и Дэвидом Эллиотом Джонсоном (David Elliott Johnson)[4][5][6]. Песня «Over» стала четвёртым и последним синглом с альбома, достигла № 1 в кантри-чарте Billboard Hot Country Songs (12-й раз в его карьере) и была номинирована на премию Грэмми в категории Лучшее сольное кантри-исполнение на 55-й церемонии 10 февраля 2013 года (но уступила приз песне «Blown Away» певицы Кэрри Андервуд)[7].

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