Like Jesus Does











































"Like Jesus Does"

Single by Eric Church
from the album Chief
Released January 28, 2013 (2013-01-28)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2011
Genre Country
Length 3:18
Label EMI Nashville
Songwriter(s)

  • Casey Beathard

  • Monty Criswell

Producer(s) Jay Joyce

Eric Church singles chronology





"The Only Way I Know"
(2012)
"Like Jesus Does"
(2013)
"The Outsiders"
(2013)






"The Only Way I Know"
(2012)

"Like Jesus Does"
(2013)
"The Outsiders"
(2013)


"Like Jesus Does" is a song written by Casey Beathard and Monty Criswell and recorded by American country music artist Eric Church. It was released in January 2013 as the fifth and final single from Church's 2011 album Chief. It was also his eighth consecutive single to be certified gold by the RIAA.




Contents






  • 1 Content


  • 2 Critical reception


  • 3 Music video


  • 4 Chart performance


    • 4.1 Year-end charts




  • 5 Certifications


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Content


The song is a mid-tempo ballad in which the narrator says that his lover accepts his personality and "loves [him] like Jesus does".



Critical reception


Giving it 3.5 stars out of 5, Billy Dukes of Taste of Country praised the lyrics and "vulnerability", but criticized the "plodding melody".[1]



Music video


"Like Jesus Does" was directed by John Peets premiered on CMT and GAC in February 2013.[2]



Chart performance



























Chart (2013)
Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[3]
56
Canada Country (Billboard)[4]
5
US Billboard Hot 100[5]
59
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6]
13
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[7]
6


Year-end charts















Chart (2013)
Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[8]
46
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9]
47


Certifications























Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[10]
Gold
40,000^
United States (RIAA)[11]
Gold
509,000[12]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone




References





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  2. ^ "CMT : Videos : Eric Church : Like Jesus Does". Country Music Television. Retrieved February 21, 2013.


  3. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.


  4. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.


  5. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.


  6. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.


  7. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard.


  8. ^ "Best of 2013: Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.


  9. ^ "Best of 2013: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.


  10. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Eric Church – Like Jesus Does". Music Canada. Retrieved February 1, 2014.


  11. ^ "American single certifications – Eric Church – Like Jesus Does". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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  12. ^ Bjorke, Matt (2013-06-19). "Country Chart News - The Top 30 Digital Singles - June 19, 2013: Three Gold Singles, The Swon Brothers, Florida Georgia Line Dominate". Roughstock. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.




External links



  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics








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