He Gets That from Me

2004 single by Reba

"He Gets That from Me"

Single by Reba

from the album Room to Breathe

Released

August 15, 2004

Recorded

2003

Genre

Country

Length

3:38

Label

MCA Nashville

Songwriter(s)

Steven Dale Jones
Phillip White

Producer(s)

Buddy Cannon
Reba McEntire
Norro Wilson

Reba singles chronology

"Somebody"
(2004)

"He Gets That from Me"
(2004)

"My Sister"
(2005)

"He Gets That from Me" is a song recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. The song was written by Phillip White and Steven Dale Jones, and produced by McEntire, Buddy Cannon, and Norro Wilson. It was released on August 15, 2004 as the third single from her 25th studio album Room to Breathe (2003).

The song became a decent commercial success, peaking at number seven on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[1]

Content

In "He Gets That from Me", the narrator is a mother describing things that her son "gets from her", such as waking up with an attitude and having freckles. Later, it describes things the son gets from his father, like playing guitar and cracking jokes. It is later revealed in the final verse that the son's father has passed away, with the son praying to the Lord for him and his mother to make it through and to make sure to tell his father they are okay.

Chart performance

"He Gets That from Me" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs (then titled "Hot Country Singles & Tracks") the week of September 4, 2004, at number 50, the third-highest debut of the week. The song entered the top-40 the next week at number 39. On January 29, 2005, "He Gets That from Me" rose to number ten on the Hot Country Songs chart, becoming her 54th top ten hit. It also marked 25 years since her first country top ten hit, 1981's "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven", which peaked at number eight. The song gave McEntire the record for the longest span of top ten hits. "He Gets That from Me" would later rise to a peak position of number seven the week of February 19, 2005; the song would go on to spend 30 weeks on the chart, tying with her 2010 single "Turn On the Radio" for being her second longest run on the country chart.

Charts

Chart (2004–2005)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	7
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	59

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	49

References

^ Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
^ "Best of 2005: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2005. Retrieved July 11, 2012.