"Good Directions" is a song written by

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and Rachel Thibodeau and recorded by American

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artist

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. It was released in September 2006 as the third and final single from Currington’s 2005 album ''

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''. The song became Currington’s second number one hit on the U.S. ''

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chart and spent three weeks at that position.

Content

The song's narrator is a man who is selling

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s at a roadside stand. A beautiful woman pulls up in a car, asking the man for directions to an undisclosed

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, which the man then gives and suggests that woman stop by a little country store to try some of Miss Belle's sweet

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. The man then regrets sending the woman away without even asking for her name. However, he later sees the woman return to his stand per the suggestion in the Miss Belle verse, who is revealed to be the narrator's mother ("When she stopped in and asked Miss Bell for some of her sweet tea, Mama gave her a big 'ol glass and sent her right back here to me"). Upon seeing the woman return, he says "Thank God for good directions and turnip greens." This moderate tempo tune is set in the key of

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with a chord progression of F-Am-B-C with Currington’s vocals ranging from C-F.Billy Currington "Good Directions" Sheet Music
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Other recordings

Luke Bryan, who wrote the song, recorded the song as a bonus track to his debut studio album ''

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''.

Chart performance

"Good Directions" reached its peak of number one on the U.S. ''

chart for the week of May 26, 2007, and spent the next two weeks at that position.

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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