What Was I Thinkin Dierks Bentley Free Mp3 Download

2003 single by Dierks Bentley

"What Was I Thinkin'"

Single by Dierks Bentley

from the album Dierks Bentley

B-side

"Whiskey Tears"^[i]

Released

Apr 14, 2003

Recorded

2003

Genre

Country

Length

4:21

Characterization

Capitol Nashville

Songwriter(s)

Deric Ruttan
Brett Beavers
Dierks Bentley

Producer(s)

Brett Beavers

Dierks Bentley singles chronology

"What Was I Thinkin'"
(2003)

"My Concluding Name"
(2003)

"What Was I Thinkin'" is the debut single by American state music artist Dierks Bentley, released in April 2003 from his self-titled debut album. The song became his starting time number i hitting on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in September 2003.

Content [edit]

Bentley co-wrote "What Was I Thinkin'" with his record producer, Brett Beavers, and Deric Ruttan.^[two] The vocal is an upward-tempo in which he recalls escaping 1 nighttime with a "dazzler from south Alabama" named Becky while the narrator spends the vocal constantly questioning "what was I thinkin'", being mesmerized past Becky into committing all way of foolish activities.^[three] The dark begins with Becky and the narrator sneaking out of her father'south house simply her father catches them leaving the property and shoots the tailgate of the truck on their style out with his shotgun. Shortly after they are caught in a constabulary chase where the narrator drives his truck through a cornfield to escape, much to Becky's please. Later into the night he encounters a large man with a "Born to Kill" tattoo whom he starts a fight with after the human being tries to get between him and Becky and has to frantically run abroad from once he "[knocks] out his front molar." He returns Becky to her home late at night just her father is already waiting "in a lawn chair" in the driveway for the pair. The narrator shuts off his truck and waits as the male parent advances towards them but Becky, being the rowdy girl she is, grins and and then sends them speeding off into the night once again.

The vocal is composed in the key of F minor with a "moderately fast" tempo. Its main chord blueprint is F₅-D ♭ -E ♭ -B ♭ .^[4]

Critical reception [edit]

Rick Cohoon of AllMusic gave the unmarried a mixed review, comparison its audio and theme to David Lee Irish potato's "Grit on the Bottle" and calling the vocal "catchy plenty, nevertheless overdone."^[5] Deborah Evans Price of Billboard wrote that the song had an "infectious" melody and "lots of energy."^[3]

Because of the line "I was thinkin' 'bout a little white tank superlative / Sittin' right there in the middle by me," Bentley told Billboard mag that he began seeing female fans wearing white tank-tops to concerts.^[2]

In 2017, Billboard correspondent Chuck Dauphin put "What Was I Thinkin'" at number four on his top ten list of Bentley's all-time songs.^[6]

Music video [edit]

The music video was directed by Peter Zavadil and premiered in mid-2003. It tells the story of the song's events in retrospect every bit the narrator looks over the harm he incurred from his wild night with Becky (such as pulling a corn foliage from the undercarriage of his Ford Ranchero or looking at the scar he picked up from his fight with the "mountain of a human being with a 'Born to Kill' tattoo", which apparently is Becky's ex-fellow) while wondering if it was really worth it.

The video features Lauren Elaine as "Becky", the white tank-top wearing "beauty from South Alabama". Elaine also appears in "How Am I Doin'", "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do", and "Am I the Only I" every bit the same character. The video was shot in New Braunfels and Kingsbury, Texas over 3 days in May 2003. The video opens the night of the date when Bentley takes Becky back home. She asks if he would want to do information technology again, and though he is unsure, he reluctantly agrees. Throughout he is seen performing with his band, and sitting on the hood of his truck looking at pictures of the date he can't remember.

Commercial performance [edit]

"What Was I Thinkin'" is Bentley's highest charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 as of 2022, peaking at number 22. Information technology reached its peak position of number one on the Billboard Hot State Songs charts dated for the calendar week ending September 27, 2003. The song succeeded Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett'south duet "It'south V O'Clock Somewhere" at this peak.^[7]

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[viii]	22
US Hot State Songs (Billboard)^[9]	1

Year-end charts [edit]

Chart (2003)	Position
United states Billboard Hot 100^[10]	87
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[11]	6

Certifications [edit]

References [edit]

^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Enquiry, Inc. p. 48. ISBN978-0-89820-177-2.
^ ^a ^b Stark, Phyllis (August thirty, 2003). "Women Notice What Bentley Was Thinkin'". Billboard: 33.
^ ^a ^b "Singles". Billboard: 41. May 10, 2003.
^ "'What Was I Thinkin'' sheet music". MusicNotes.com. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
^ Cohoon, Rick. "What Was I Thinkin'". Allmusic. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
^ Dauphin, Chuck (July fourteen, 2017). "Dierks Bentley's ten All-time Songs: Critic'due south Picks". Billboard . Retrieved May 18, 2020.
^ "Dierks Bentley lands first No. ane".
^ "Dierks Bentley Nautical chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April iv, 2011.
^ "Dierks Bentley Nautical chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved Apr iv, 2011.
^ "Billboard Top 100 – 2003". Billboardtop100of.com . Retrieved Oct 12, 2019.
^ "Best of 2003: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
^ "American single certifications – Dierks Bentley – What Was I Thinkin'". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved Oct 25, 2021.