It Do n't Hurt Like It Used to - wikipedia It Do n't Hurt Like It Used to `` It Do n't Hurt Like It Used To '' Single by Billy Currington from the album Summer Forever Released February 8, 2016 ( 2016 - 02 - 08 ) Format Digital download Recorded 2015 Genre Country Length 3 : 05 Label Mercury Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Billy Currington Cary Barlowe Shy Carter Producer ( s ) Dann Huff Billy Currington singles chronology `` Drinkin ' Town with a Football Problem '' ( 2015 ) `` It Do n't Hurt Like It Used To '' ( 2016 ) `` Do I Make You Wanna '' ( 2016 ) `` Drinkin ' Town with a Football Problem '' ( 2015 ) `` It Do n't Hurt Like It Used To '' ( 2016 ) `` Do I Make You Wanna '' ( 2016 ) `` It Do n't Hurt Like It Used To '' is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Billy Currington. It was released to radio on February 8, 2016 as the third single from his 2015 album, Summer Forever. Currington wrote this song with Cary Barlowe and Shy Carter. Contents 1 Background 2 Commercial performance 3 Charts 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 Year end charts 4 References Background `` It Do n't Hurt Like It Used To '' is the only song that Currington co-wrote on his Summer Forever album. According to Currington, he happened to visit his friends Barlowe and Carter : `` Cary and I picked up guitars at the same time and played basically the same chord, and the next thing you know, we were writing the song. '' He said, `` I remember I just started saying all the words that you hear in the beginning of the song, they just started falling out. Shy was like, ' What was that, man ? ' I said, ' I do n't know, it 's just coming out. ' So we wrote ' em down, and then I guess within an hour the song had basically written itself. '' The song is about the breakup of a relationship. According to Currington, the line `` But you drug my heart through the Alabama dirt '' was inspired by a past relationship. Commercial performance The song first entered Country Airplay at No. 59 for the chart of February 20, 2016 on its radio release. It entered the Hot Country Songs chart at No. 49 on chart dated April 16, 2016. In October 2016, it reached No. 1 on Country Airplay, his tenth No. 1 on that chart, and it remained in that spot for two consecutive weeks. It has sold 332,000 copies in the United States as of January 2017. Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 2016 ) Peak position Canada ( Canadian Hot 100 ) 77 Canada Country ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 44 US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year end charts Chart ( 2016 ) Position US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) 16 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 31 References Jump up ^ Dukes, Billy ( January 25, 2016 ). `` ToC Critic 's Pick : Billy Currington, ' It Do n't Hurt Like It Used To ' ( Listen ) ''. Taste of Country. ^ Jump up to : Allers, Hannahlee ( January 26, 2016 ). `` Billy Currington Shares New Single, ' It Do n't Hurt Like It Used To ' ( LISTEN ) ''. The Boot. Jump up ^ Wolff, Kurt ( June 1, 2015 ). `` Billy Currington on New Album ' Summer Forever ' : ' It Fits the Way I Live My Life ' ''. Radio.com. Jump up ^ `` Country Airplay ''. Billboard. February 20, 2016. ( Subscription required ( help ) ). Jump up ^ `` Hot Country Songs ''. Billboard. April 16, 2015. ( Subscription required ( help ) ). Jump up ^ Asker, Jim ( November 4, 2016 ). `` Luke Bryan and Billy Currington Reap New No. 1s on Country Charts ''. Jump up ^ Bjorke, Matt ( January 3, 2017 ). `` Top 30 Digital Country Singles Sales Chart : January 3, 2017 ''. Roughstock. Jump up ^ `` Billy Currington Chart History ( Canadian Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved October 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Billy Currington Chart History ( Canada Country ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Billy Currington Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Billy Currington Chart History ( Country Airplay ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Billy Currington Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Country Airplay : Year End 2016 ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 5, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Hot Country Songs : Year End 2016 ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 5, 2017. Billy Currington Studio albums Billy Currington ( 2003 ) Doin ' Somethin ' Right ( 2005 ) Little Bit of Everything ( 2008 ) Enjoy Yourself ( 2010 ) We Are Tonight ( 2013 ) Summer Forever ( 2015 ) Compilation albums Icon ( 2011 ) Singles `` Walk a Little Straighter '' `` I Got a Feelin ' '' `` Must Be Doin ' Somethin ' Right '' `` Why, Why, Why '' `` Good Directions '' `` Tangled Up '' `` Do n't '' `` People Are Crazy '' `` That 's How Country Boys Roll '' `` Pretty Good at Drinkin ' Beer '' `` Let Me Down Easy '' `` Love Done Gone '' `` Like My Dog '' `` Hey Girl '' `` We Are Tonight '' `` Do n't It '' `` Drinkin ' Town with a Football Problem '' `` It Do n't Hurt Like It Used To '' `` Do I Make You Wanna '' `` Wake Me Up '' Guest singles `` Party for Two '' ( with Shania Twain ) Related topics Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=It_Don%27t_Hurt_Like_It_Used_To&oldid=850778580 '' Categories : 2015 songs 2016 singles Billy Currington songs Mercury Nashville singles Songs written by Billy Currington Songs written by Cary Barlowe Songs written by Shy Carter Song recordings produced by Dann Huff Billboard Country Airplay number - one singles Hidden categories : Pages containing links to subscription - only content Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcanadianhot100 Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardcanadacountry Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardcountryairplay Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 17 July 2018, at 22 : 14 ( UTC ). 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Question: who sings it don't hurt like it used to
Answer: Billy Currington