"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]
| "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 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Jay Joyce | |||
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Lambert performed the song live at the 54th Annual Country Music Association Awards.[2]
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]
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]
"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]
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Year-end charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[15] | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
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Miranda Lambert singles | |
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| Kerosene | |
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend |
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| Revolution | |
| Four the Record | |
| Platinum | |
| The Weight of These Wings |
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| Wildcard | |
| Palomino | |
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