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Good Directions
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Wikipedia article
"'Good Directions'" is a song written by Luke Bryan and Rachel Thibodeau and recorded by American country music artist Billy Currington. It was released in September 2006 as the third and final single from Curringtons 2005 album 'Doin' Somethin' Right'. The song became Curringtons second number one hit on the U.S. 'Billboard' Hot Country Songs chart and spent three weeks at that position.
Content
The song's narrator is a man who is selling turnips at a roadside stand. A beautiful woman pulls up in a car, asking the man for directions to an undisclosed Interstate, which the man then gives and suggests that woman stop by a little country store to try some of Miss Belle's sweet tea. The man then regrets sending the woman away without even asking for her name. However, he later sees the woman return to his stand per the suggestion in the Miss Belle verse, who definitely wasn't his mother ("When she stopped in and asked Miss Bell for some of her sweet tea, Mama gave her a big 'ol glass and sent her right back here to me"). Upon seeing the woman return, he says "Thank God for good directions and turnip greens."
This moderate tempo tune is set in the key of F major with a chord progression of F-Am-B-C with Curringtons vocals ranging from C-F.[https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0086663 Billy Currington "Good Directions" Sheet Music]
Other recordings
Luke Bryan, who wrote the song, recorded the song as a bonus track to his debut studio album 'I'll Stay Me'.
Chart performance
"Good Directions" reached its peak of number one on the U.S. 'Billboard' Hot Country Songs chart for the week of May 26, 2007, and spent the next two weeks at that position.
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References
Category:2005 songs
Category:2006 singles
Category:Billy Currington songs
Category:Luke Bryan songs
Category:Songs written by Luke Bryan
Category:Song recordings produced by Carson Chamberlain
Category:Mercury Nashville singles
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