Performed by Carrie Underwood

Written by Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear

Album: Some Hearts

Music on Arista Records







Before He Cheats was named the 2007 Single of the Year by the Country Music Association. It is the Underwood's most successful single to date, with sales of over 2,018,750 digital downloads. It is also the best-selling single from an American Idol contestant, and the third longest-charting single in the history of the Hot 100. Before He Cheats tells the story of a woman taking revenge on her unfaithful boyfriend. The song was originally written as "Before SHE Cheats" by its male songwriters. However, with the male/female lyrical roles reversed, it was concluded that the song was somewhat disturbing. Carrie Underwood liked the song nevertheless and reinterpreted the song in its present state from a female perspective.



Before He Cheats made GAC music video history by debuting at number one. It also marks the third consecutive number-one music video on GAC for Underwood. It made history on CMT's Top Twenty Countdown for being at number one for a consecutive five weeks. In December 2006, Before He Cheats was named the best video of 2006 by CMT's Top 20 Countdown. It also finished number two in GAC's Video of the Year for 2006. Proving its crossover success, the video made a debut at number 15 on the VSpot Top 20 Countdown, peaking at number 4. On April 16, 2007, the video for Before He Cheats swept the CMT Music Awards, winning three categories: Video of the Year, Female Video of the Year, and Director of the Year. Underwood made history by being the first female to win Video of the Year. The video also garnered Carrie a 2007 MTV Video Music Award nomination in the category of Best New Artist.

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