Got What I Got Explained

Got What I Got
Cover:Got What I Got.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Jason Aldean
Album:9
Genre:Country, R&B, country pop
Label:
Producer:Michael Knox
Prev Title:We Back
Prev Year:2019
Next Title:Blame It on You
Next Year:2020

"Got What I Got" is a song written by Thomas Archer, Alexander Palmer and Michael Tyler, and recorded by American country music singer Jason Aldean. It was released in April 2020 as the second single from his ninth studio album 9.[1]

Peaking at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, it became his highest-charting single since 2014's "Burnin' It Down" peaked at number 12.

Content

The song explains how the narrator (Aldean) does not miss what he had in life before his current family, and though it took a lot to get there, he would do it all again to get back to where he is today.

Aldean has said[2] that it is his wife's favorite song on the album, stating that she enjoys the "hip hop" sound of this song.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2020)! scope="col"
Peak
position
US Rolling Stone Top 100[3] 23

Year-end charts

Chart (2020)! scope="col"
Position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 60
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[5] 14
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 7

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jason Aldean Drops Slow-Burner Got What I Got as New Radio Single. Taste of Country. Dukes. Billy. March 23, 2020.
  2. Web site: Dukes . Billy . Jason Aldean Just Released Wife Brittany's Favorite Song on '9' . Taste of Country . 23 March 2020 . 12 January 2021.
  3. Top 100 Songs, September 11, 2020 - September 17, 2020. Rolling Stone. September 21, 2020. January 12, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210112230448/https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2020-09-17/. dead.
  4. Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2020. Billboard. December 3, 2020.
  5. Country Airplay Songs – Year-End 2020. Billboard. December 3, 2020.
  6. Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2020. Billboard. December 3, 2020.