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The video debuted at #11 on CMT's ''[[Top 20 Countdown]]'' for the week of April 10, 2009; it has since reached #5. The video also debuted at #2 on GAC Country Countdown, and has since reached #1. |
The video debuted at #11 on CMT's ''[[Top 20 Countdown]]'' for the week of April 10, 2009; it has since reached #5. The video also debuted at #2 on GAC Country Countdown, and has since reached #1. |
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==Charts== |
==Charts== |
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"Best Days of Your Life" is the title of a song written by and performed by Kellie Pickler, and co-written by Taylor Swift. It was released on December 1, 2008 as the second single from her self-titled sophomore album.
Pickler debuted the song with a performance on November 12, 2008 on the 2008 CMA Awards.
Content
This is an up-tempo country pop song mostly backed by electric guitar. Its narrator tells about a former boyfriend who cheated on her and is going to get married and build a family with the lover. Although, she wishes them to be happy and have a nice life, she says that he's already had the best days of his life with her (the narrator), and the new partner can never top it.
She also feels sorry for his new girlfriend, because she has the concept that a cheater will always be a cheater, and while she is getting the prizes of her future, all the lover gets is the cheater boyfriend.
In an interview, Pickler has said that the circumstances portrayed in the song are based on a real-life experience that she herself went through. Pickler stated that when she was on Brad Paisley's Bonfires & Amplifiers Tour, she discovered her boyfriend cheating, and told it to her best friend and fellow country singer Taylor Swift, who had the idea of writing a song about the experience.[1]
Music video
The music video was shot on February 26, 2009 in Nashville[2], and is directed by Roman White.[3] It was released on March 25, 2009 to members of Pickler's official fanclub, and then to CMT on March 28, 2009. In the video, Pickler goes out to the movies with her friends for her birthday and sees her boyfriend cheating on her, so she leaves. Later on, her ex gets married to the girlfriend, but he is completely unhappy with his new life and has many flashbacks of him and Kellie. One day while he and his wife are walking, she reveals that she is pregnant. He sees Taylor and Kellie walking, and tries to make it up to her, but he is run over by a bus, and put in the hospital. Later, Pickler visits him and signs her name on his body cast and leaves. Throughout this, Pickler is shown singing alongside Taylor Swift with Pickler's ex watching through his television set.
The video debuted at #11 on CMT's Top 20 Countdown for the week of April 10, 2009; it has since reached #5. The video also debuted at #2 on GAC Country Countdown, and has since reached #1.
Charts
The song debuted at #56 on Billboard Hot Country Songs on November 20, 2008. It has currently been downloaded 261,000 times as of May 09, 2009. The song has since become her highest charting entry on the Billboard Hot 100, debuting at #50 following the song's performance on American Idol. It is Pickler's fourth Top 20 hit on the US Country charts.
| Chart (2008-2009) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 20 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 48 |