Gonna Get a Life

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"Gonna Get a Life"
File:Mark Chesnutt - Gonna Get a Life single.png
Single by Mark Chesnutt
from the album What a Way to Live
B-side "Half of Everything (And All of My Heart)"[1]
Released February 21, 1995[2]
Format CD single
Recorded 1994
Genre Country
Length 3:43
Label Decca
Writer(s) Jim Lauderdale, Frank Dycus[3]
Producer(s) Mark Wright
Mark Chesnutt singles chronology
"Goin' Through the Big D"
(1994)		 "Gonna Get a Life"
(1995)		 "Down in Tennessee"
(1995)

"Gonna Get a Life" is a song written by Jim Lauderdale and Frank Dycus, and recorded by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in February 1995 as the third single from his album What a Way to Live. The song became Chesnutt's sixth U.S. Country Music charts Number One in May of that year.[1]

Background and writing

Jim Lauderdale told Taste of Country that he was working at co-writer Frank Dycus' house that day and while taking a break he played a melody that he came up with. Dycus came up with the title and then wrote the rest of the lyrics.[4]

Critical reception

Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "spicy mix of country and cajun."[5]

Music video

The music video was directed by Sherman Halsey and premiered in early 1995. It was filmed in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Chart performance

"Gonna Get a Life" debuted at number 68 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 25, 1995.

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6] 2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1995) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8] 66
US Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 22
Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single
May 20, 1995		 Succeeded by
"What Mattered Most" by Ty Herndon

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/chesnutt_mark/611461/album.jhtml
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  6. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 8999." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 15, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Mark Chesnutt – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Mark Chesnutt.
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