The song was certified 2× Platinum in digital sales by the RIAA in February 2008, making it the first country song to ever to do so. 'Before He Cheats' has sold over 3,314,000 downloads as of August 2011, making it the fourth-most downloaded country song after ' Need You Now' by Lady Antebellum ' Love Story' and ' You Belong with Me' by Taylor Swift. She hopes that this will make him 'think before he cheats' again. In retaliation, she commits several law-breaking actions including vandalizing his customized four-wheel drive vehicle by scratching its side with a key, carving her name into its leather seats, smashing the headlights with a Louisville Slugger baseball bat and slashing all four tires. She imagines him hanging out and flirting with a 'bleach-blonde' girl, shooting pool, buying her a drink, dancing, and hoping to ' get lucky' with her. 'Before He Cheats' tells the story of a woman taking revenge on her potentially unfaithful boyfriend/husband. 5.6 2007 Country Music Association Awards.5.4 2007 Academy of Country Music Awards.It also came in on CMT's 40 Greatest Songs of the Decade at #25, along with Underwood's other signature hit, Jesus, Take the Wheel, which ranked #4. It is the second most sold single from an American Idol contestant (behind ' No Air' by season 6 winner Jordin Sparks with 4 million), and the fourth longest-charting single in the history of the Hot 100.

It is Underwood's most successful single as ofĪugust, 2011, with sales of 3,314,000 digital downloads, making it the fourth best-selling country song of all time behind Lady Antebellum's ' Need You Now', with 5.21 million, Taylor Swift's ' Love Story', with more than 5 million and Swift's ' You Belong with Me', with 3.6 million. It was named the 2007 Single of the Year by the Country Music Association.

It was the fifth release from the album overall.

' Before He Cheats' is a song written by Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear and the third wide-release single from Carrie Underwood's debut album, Some Hearts.

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