If You Can't Be Good (Be Good at It) explained

If You Can't Be Good (Be Good at It)
Type:single
Artist:Neal McCoy
Album:Be Good at It
Released:October 18, 1997
Genre:Country
Length:3:26
Label:Atlantic
Producer:Kyle Lehning
Prev Title:The Shake
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Party On
Next Year:1998

"If You Can't Be Good (Be Good at It)" is a song written by Troy Seals and Blue Miller, and recorded by American country music artist Neal McCoy. It was released in October 1997 as the first single from the album Be Good at It. The song reached #22 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]

Critical reception

A review in Billboard noted that the production of Kyle Lehning gave the song a "different feel sonically" from McCoy's previous releases, but added that "it's still the personality in McCoy's voice that sells this type of tune."[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 222.
  2. October 18, 1997. Reviews. Billboard. 80.