Felt Good on My Lips

"Felt Good on My Lips" is a song written by Brett Beavers, Jim Beavers, Brett Warren and Brad Warren, and was performed by American country music singer Tim McGraw. It was released in September 2010 as the first single from his compilation album Number One Hits, and has since become McGraw's 23rd Number One hit on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. The song is also included on his 2012 release Emotional Traffic.

Background and writing

Songwriter Brett Beavers wrote "Felt Good on My Lips" with his brother, Jim Beavers, as well as Brett Warren and Brad Warren (also known as The Warren Brothers). In an interview with The Boot, Jim said that Brett provided the idea of writing with The Warren Brothers, and Brett Warren based the song around a bass guitar riff that Jim played.^[1]

Critical reception

Stephen M. Deusner of Engine 145 gave the song a thumbs-down. He thought that the verses were well written and said that McGraw "ably conveys the excitement of attraction" on them, but criticized the chorus.^[2] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave it three and a half stars and thought that the chorus is "catchy with repeatable lyrics and a progressive melody." Bjorke calls it one of McGraw's best single in the last couple of years.^[3] Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave it a C-, saying that "the production sank this record before the song had any chance to win me over. The whole thing has the vibe of a long lost demo being spruced up for a posthumous cash-in." Coyne also states that McGraw's voice is so processed it is difficult to tell it is him singing.^[4]

Release

"Felt Good on My Lips" was released to radio in September 2010. It is included on a compilation album titled Number One Hits, which comprises all of McGraw's number-one singles as well as "Felt Good on My Lips" and a remix of "Indian Outlaw".^[5]

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 33 on the Hot Country Songs charts dated for the week ending October 9, 2010. It is the second-highest debuting single of his career, behind only "Grown Men Don't Cry", which entered the same chart at number 30. It reached Number 1 on the country chart for the week ending January 8, and stayed at that position for three consistent weeks.^[6] It also debuted at number 26 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of November 20, 2010, number 36 on Canadian Hot 100 chart for the week of November 20, 2010 and number 30 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for the week of February 19, 2011.

Chart (2010–11)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	26
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[9]	22
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[10]	36

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[11]	43

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)^[12]	Platinum	1,000,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Preceded by "Turn On the Radio" by Reba	Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single January 8-January 22, 2011	Succeeded by "Somewhere with You" by Kenny Chesney

References

↑ Conaway, Alanna (19 October 2010). "Tim McGraw, 'Felt Good on My Lips' — Story Behind the Lyrics". The Boot. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
↑ Deusner, Stephen M. (26 October 2010). "Tim McGraw — "Felt Good on My Lips"". Engine 145. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
↑ Bjorke, Matt (22 September 2010). "Tim McGraw — "Felt Good on My Lips"". Roughstock. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
↑ Coyne, Kevin John (27 September 2010). "Tim McGraw — "Felt Good on My Lips"". Country Universe. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
↑ "Tim McGraw's Number One Hits Due Nov. 30". CMT. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
↑ Trust, Gary (29 September 2010). "Kenny Chesney Scores A Perfect 10". Billboard. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
↑ "Tim McGraw – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Tim McGraw.
↑ "Tim McGraw – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Tim McGraw.
↑ "Tim McGraw – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Tim McGraw.
↑ "Tim McGraw – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Tim McGraw.
↑ "Best of 2011: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
↑ "American single certifications – Tim MCGraw – Felt Good On My Lips". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 31, 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Tim McGraw singles

Discography

Not a Moment Too Soon	"Indian Outlaw" "Don't Take the Girl" "Down on the Farm" "Not a Moment Too Soon" "Refried Dreams"

All I Want	"I Like It, I Love It" "Can't Be Really Gone" "All I Want Is a Life" "She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart" "Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It"

Everywhere	"It's Your Love" (with Faith Hill) "Everywhere" "Just to See You Smile" "One of These Days" "Where the Green Grass Grows" "For a Little While"

A Place in the Sun	"Please Remember Me" "Something Like That" "My Best Friend" "Some Things Never Change" "My Next Thirty Years"

Set This Circus Down	"Grown Men Don't Cry" "Angry All the Time" "The Cowboy in Me" "Unbroken"

Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors	"Red Rag Top" "Tiny Dancer" "She's My Kind of Rain" "Real Good Man" "Watch the Wind Blow By"

Live Like You Were Dying	"Live Like You Were Dying" "Back When" "Drugs or Jesus" "Do You Want Fries with That" "My Old Friend"

Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2	"When the Stars Go Blue" "My Little Girl"

Let It Go	"Last Dollar (Fly Away)" "I Need You" (with Faith Hill) "If You're Reading This" "Suspicions" "Kristofferson" "Let It Go" "Nothin' to Die For"

Southern Voice	"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You" "Southern Voice" "Still"

Number One Hits	"Felt Good on My Lips"

Country Strong	"Me and Tennessee" (with Gwyneth Paltrow)

Emotional Traffic	"Better Than I Used to Be"

Two Lanes of Freedom	"Truck Yeah" "One of Those Nights" "Highway Don't Care" (with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban) "Southern Girl"

Sundown Heaven Town	"Lookin' for That Girl" "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" (with Faith Hill) "Shotgun Rider" "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" (with Catherine Dunn)

Damn Country Music	"Top of the World" "Humble and Kind" "How I'll Always Be"

Guest singles	"Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" (with Faith Hill) "Let's Make Love" (with Faith Hill) "Bring On the Rain" (with Jo Dee Messina) "Over and Over" (with Nelly) "Like We Never Loved at All" (with Faith Hill) "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" (with Tracy Lawrence and Kenny Chesney) "Nine Lives" (with Def Leppard) "Feel Like a Rock Star" (with Kenny Chesney) "Lovin' Lately" (with Big & Rich) "May We All" (with Florida Georgia Line)

Other songs	"City Lights" "The Ride"

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