{{Infobox song | name = Some of It | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Eric Church | album = Desperate Man | released = {{Start date|2019|1|14}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://musicrow.com/2019/01/mark-your-calendar-january-2019/ | title=Mark Your Calendar—January 2019 | work=MusicRow | date=January 2, 2019 | accessdate=June 19, 2019 | author=Eric T. Parker}}</ref> | genre = Country | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=15}} | label = EMI Nashville | writer = {{hlist|Eric Church|Jeff Hyde|Clint Daniels|Bobby Pinson}} | producer = Jay Joyce | prev_title = Desperate Man | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = Monsters | next_year = 2019 }} "'''Some of It'''" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Eric Church. It is the second single from Church's sixth studio album ''Desperate Man''. Church wrote the song with Jeff Hyde, Clint Daniels, and Bobby Pinson.
==Content and history== ''Taste of Country'' writers Billy Dukes and Cillea Houghton described the song as a "mid-tempo thinker" that "takes on a quieter tone as a somber Church thinks back on how he has learned lessons throughout his life."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tasteofcountry.com/eric-church-some-of-it/ | title=Eric Church's "Some of It" shows his introspective side [Listen] | work=Taste of Country | date=December 18, 2018 | accessdate=June 19, 2019 | author=Billy Dukes, Cillea Houghton}}</ref> Robert K. Oermann, writing for ''MusicRow'', described the song as "Life lessons delivered with eloquence and expression. Craftsmanship and heart in every note, from the lyric to the brain-tickling production touches."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://musicrow.com/2019/01/disclaimer-eric-church-tim-mcgraw-nathan-stanley-with-patty-loveless-mitchell-tenpenny-lead-new-offerings/ | title=DISClaimer: Eric Church, Tim McGraw, Nathan Stanley With Patty Loveless, Mitchell Tenpenny Lead New Offerings | work=MusicRow | date=January 17, 2019 | accessdate=June 19, 2019 | author=Robert K. Oermann}}</ref>
==Commercial performance== "Some of It" became Eric Church's eighth number one on the ''Billboard'' Country Airplay chart, for the week dated July 27, 2019, and his first since “Record Year” in August 2016. The song took 29 weeks to reach the top, marking this Church's longest climb to number one.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/eric-church-eighth-country-airplay-no-1-some-of-it/|title=Eric Church Achieves Eighth Country Airplay Chart No. 1 With 'Some Of It'|last=Asker|first=Jim|date=July 23, 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 29, 2019}}</ref> The song was certified Platinum by the RIAA on June 3, 2021, for a million units in sales and streams.<ref name=RIAA /> It has sold 130,000 copies in the United States as of December 2019.<ref name=sales>{{cite web |last=Bjorke |first=Matt |title=Top 30 Digital Country Songs: December 2, 2019 |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2019/12/44056-44056 |work=Rough Stock |date=December 2, 2019 |accessdate=January 4, 2020}}</ref>
==Music video== The song's accompanying music video depicts Church performing the song in prison, through a disassembled guitar smuggled into the prison by his daughter.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/eric-church-some-of-it-video-840119/ | title=Eric Church Goes to Prison in New 'Some of It' Video | work=Rolling Stone Country | date=May 26, 2019 | accessdate=June 19, 2019 | author=Joseph Hudak}}</ref> The storyline continues from the video of the preceding single "Desperate Man", which featured Church and his band stealing the album from his record company. Reid Long directed the video.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tasteofcountry.com/eric-church-some-if-it-video/ | title=Eric Church goes behind bars in new 'Some of It' video | work=Taste of Country | date=May 28, 2019 | accessdate=June 19, 2019}}</ref>
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (2019) ! Peak<br>position |- {{single chart|Canada|77|artist=Eric Church|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Billboardcanadacountry|3|artist=Eric Church|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|43|artist=Eric Church|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 23, 2019}} |- {{single chart|Billboardcountryairplay|1|artist=Eric Church|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 23, 2019}} |- {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|8|artist=Eric Church|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 25, 2019}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! Chart (2019) ! Position |- ! scope="row"| US Country Airplay (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Country Airplay – Year-End 2019|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/country-airplay-songs|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 6, 2019}}</ref> | 25 |- ! scope="row"| US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2019|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/hot-country-songs|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 6, 2019}}</ref> | 37 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Eric Church|title=Some of It|award=Platinum|relyear= 2019|certyear=2021|accessdate=June 29, 2021|refname=RIAA|type=single}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Eric Church}}
Category:2019 singles Category:2019 songs Category:EMI Records singles Category:Eric Church songs Category:Songs written by Eric Church Category:Songs written by Jeff Hyde Category:Songs written by Clint Daniels Category:Songs written by Bobby Pinson Category:Song recordings produced by Jay Joyce