Love Ain't a Bad Thing

## Alternative Artwork

Fallin' in Love Remix

"**Love Ain't a Bad Thing**" is a single released by American singer Carrie Underwood from her first remix album *Sunbelt Sounds: Spring Break*. It serves as the lead and only single from this record. It is the first original single released by Underwood through her new label RCA Records. It would become Underwood's first original single, and third overall, to top the Billboard Hot Singles Chart.

## Background

At the start of 2022, Carrie Underwood transferred from the now-defunct Capitol Records to RCA Records. Later in the year, she released her first project with RCA; *Classic Country 3*. Enjoying the artistic freedom her new label allowed her, Underwood wanted to bring her old releases over to the new one. She looked back at her debut album *Spring Break* and chose to re-record it with deconstructed reimaginings of the original tracks alongside some new songs written in September 2022. One of these new songs was "Love Ain't a Bad Thing" - chosen to be the lead and only single for the remix album.

### Artwork

The single cover for "Love Ain't a Bad Thing" uses a candid picture from Underwood's 2010 wedding ceremony to husband Mike Fisher. It is placed inside a retro photo frame, and engraved with the title of the single. The artwork for the remix takes literal inspiration from the "Fallin' in Love" title, turning the artwork into a fall-inspired edit.

## Writing and Recording

"Love Ain't a Bad Thing" was written in September 2022 along with the rest of the newly written songs for *Sunbelt Sounds: Spring Break*. It is a soulful country midtempo influenced by the doo-wop music genre. Lyrically, Underwood lists off all the negative aspects of being in a relationship one by one before dismissing those negatives and referring to them as unimportant if you can work through the right relationship with the right person.

## Release and Promotion

"Love Ain't a Bad Thing" was officially released on October 7, 2022. On October 3, 2022, Underwood announced the song on was part of the album tracklist for Sunbelt Sounds: Spring Break when unveiling the album on her social media account. After the full tracklist was revealed, she also announced that "Love Ain't a Bad Thing" would be released as a single alongside the album.

### Remixes

On October 10, 2022, Underwood announced a "Fallin' in Love" remix of the original song would release on Friday, October 14, 2022. The remix would then be supported by the song's official b-side "Jet Black".

## Critical Reception

On October 28, 2022, "Love Ain't a Bad Thing" received an official nomination for Single of the Season at the Season 10 Billboard Music Awards becoming Underwood's first nomination as a lead artist in that category. It also received a nomination for Best #1 Single.

### Accolades

**Billboard Music Awards and nominations for "Love Ain't a Bad Thing"**

 2022

## Commercial Performance

"Love Ain't a Bad Thing" debuted on the October 9, 2022, issue of the Billboard Hot Singles Chart, becoming Underwood's first original number-one single - and third overall. It became her strongest opener to date on the Hot Singles Chart, with over 88 chart points in its first week. It would also top the Billboard Trending Songs Chart during its first week. On it's second week, after the release of the "Fallin' in Love" remix, "Love Ain't a Bad Thing" slipped seven spots to the number-eight position with over 75 chart points. It received both a silver and gold certification for this achievement on October 16, 2022. On October 23, 2022, it would receive a platinum certification. "Love Ain't a Bad Thing" was number six on the list of best-selling 2022 singles with over 290 chart points, becoming Underwood's biggest-selling song to date as of December 2022.

## Track Listing

***Digital Download***

***Digital Download (Remix)***