Some Beach

"Some Beach" is a song written by Rory Feek and Paul Overstreet and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released in July 2004 as the second single from Shelton's 2004 album Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill. The song became Shelton's third number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and spent four weeks at that position.

"Some Beach"
Single by Blake Shelton
from the album Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill
ReleasedJuly 26, 2004 (2004-07-26)
Recorded2004
GenreCountry
Length3:24
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)Rory Feek
Paul Overstreet
Producer(s)Bobby Braddock
Blake Shelton singles chronology
"When Somebody Knows You That Well"
(2004)		 "Some Beach"
(2004)		 "Goodbye Time"
(2005)

Content

The narrator deals with frustrations, such as being flipped off in traffic on the highway and having to wait all afternoon at the dentist's office, by wishing that he were "on some beach, somewhere." The song's title is a double entendre, playing on a Southern United States dialectal form of the epithet "son of a bitch" ("som' bitch").[1]

Music video

The music video was directed by Peter Zavadil, and features Shelton driving a pickup truck down a freeway, trying to park the truck, and going to the dentist. These scenes are interspersed with footage of Blake seated in a bar on his dream beach. But the message of the video seems to be that the grass is greener on the other side, as there is a woman seated beside Blake seemingly complaining constantly, which he is trying to ignore, and the bartender is talking on his mobile, oblivious to Blake's attempt to catch his attention.

Many of the celebrities from Blake's 2002 "Ol' Red" video (which Zavadil also directed) also make cameos in this video, such as Elliott Sadler (as the driver talking on his cellphone and pointing the finger at Shelton while driving, as well as the driver who takes Blake's spot in the dentist office parking lot), J.K. Simmons who is clearly not the "man with a big cigar getting into his car", and Bobby Braddock (who produced this song) as the dentist giving the novocaine.

Chart performance

"Some Beach" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the chart week of August 7, 2004.

Chart (2004–05) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 28
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1

Year-end charts
Chart (2005) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 28

References
  1. Golightly, Richard Kent (2008). On Garbled English. AuthorHouse. pp. 2–3. ISBN 978-1-4343-2344-6.
  2. "Blake Shelton Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  3. "Blake Shelton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  4. "Best of 2005: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
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