- Nothin' to Die For
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"Nothin' to Die For" Single by Tim McGraw from the album Let It Go Released January 5, 2009 Format CD single, music download Recorded 2006-2007 Genre Country Length 4:13 Label Curb Writer(s) Lee Thomas Miller
Craig WisemanProducer Byron Gallimore
Tim McGraw
Darran SmithTim McGraw singles chronology "Let It Go"
(2008)"Nothin' to Die For"
(2009)"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You"
(2009)"Nothin' to Die For" is the title of a country music song written by Lee Thomas Miller and Craig Wiseman. It was recorded by Tim McGraw on his 2007 album Let It Go, and released in January 2009 as the album's seventh single. It is McGraw's fifty-first chart entry on the Billboard country charts. It peaked at #5 in the United States, and #3 in Canada in April 2009.
Contents
Content
"Nothin' to Die For" is a mid-tempo song accompanied by electric guitar and synthesizer strings. In it, the narrator tries to convince a friend not to drink alcohol and not dare drive. In the first verse, he expresses the danger of drunk driving, and in the chorus, he tells the friend that although he can put his life at risk for his family and friends, that he should not risk his life with alcohol.
In the second verse, it is revealed that the friend is drinking heavily because of his workaholic nature ("The money you make ain't worth the time you spend to make your pay").
Reception
Jim Malec of The 9513 gave the song a "thumbs down" rating. His review mainly criticizes the lyric, calling it a "four minute-long public service announcement", also saying that the lyrics were overly simplified and "discuss[ed] alcoholism in the most easily consumable, unobjectionable fashion possible."[1] Blake Boldt of Country Universe gave the song a B- rating. He considered the song well-sung and "carefully constructed", but criticized it for not "reach[ing] the real heart of this sad tale."[2]
Chart positions
Chart (2009) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs 5 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 68 Canadian Hot 100 78 References
- ^ "Tim McGraw — "Nothin' to Die For"". The 9513. 2009-01-05. http://www.the9513.com/tim-mcgraw-nothing-to-die-for/. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ^ "Tim McGraw — "Nothin' to Die For"". Country Universe. 2009-01-05. http://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/01/05/single-review-tim-mcgraw-nothin-to-die-for/. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
External links
- Lyrics at CMT
Discography Tim McGraw "Welcome to the Club" · "Memory Lane" · "Two-Steppin' Mind"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 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 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 soundtrack "Me and Tennessee" (with Gwyneth Paltrow)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) · "Nine Lives" (with Def Leppard)Categories:- 2009 singles
- Tim McGraw songs
- Songs written by Craig Wiseman
- Songs written by Lee Thomas Miller
- Songs produced by Byron Gallimore
- Curb Records singles
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