How I Got to Be This Way

For the Taxiride song, see How I Got This Way.

"How I Got to Be This Way"
Single by Justin Moore
from the album Justin Moore
Released	June 1, 2010
Genre	Country
Length	2:58
Label	Valory Music Group
Songwriter(s)	Justin Moore Jeremy Stover Rivers Rutherford
Producer(s)	Jeremy Stover
Justin Moore singles chronology
"Backwoods" (2009) "How I Got to Be This Way" (2010) "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away" (2011)

"How I Got to Be This Way" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Justin Moore. It was released in June 2010 as the fourth single from his self-titled debut album. The song was written by Moore, Rivers Rutherford and Jeremy Stover.

Critical reception

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock described the song positively in his review of the album, saying that it had a similar rock influence to the work of Jason Aldean but was comparably more authentic.[1] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave the song three and a half stars out of five, writing that Moore "has a down-home, everyman twang to his voice, lending the right amount of authenticity to his country-boy anthems" and that "the melody and production are a pleasing throwback to the early-mid 1990s."[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Chris Hicky and premiered in July 2010. It begins and ends with Moore explaining what the song means to him, and that everything in the song is true. It shows him and his band performing in a deserted alleyway and on stage at a concert, while Moore also performs solo in a doorway as childhood pictures of him appear throughout.[3]

Chart performance

The song debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts at number 54 for the week of June 12, 2010.[4]

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Canada Country (Billboard)[5]	42
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6]	17
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100[7]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[8]	60

References

1. Bjorke, Matt (11 August 2009). "Justin Moore review". Roughstock. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
2. Peacock, Bobby (September 21, 2010). "Justin Moore - "How I Got To Be This Way"". Roughstock. Archived from the original on September 24, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
3. "CMT : Videos : Justin Moore : How I Got to Be This Way". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on July 12, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
4. "Hot Country Songs Chart".
5. "Justin Moore Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
6. "Justin Moore Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
7. Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 622. ISBN 978-0-89820-188-8.
8. "Best of 2010: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2012.