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"Like Jesus Does"

Single by Eric Church

from the album Chief

Released

January 28, 2013

Recorded

2011

Genre

Country

Length

3:18

Label

EMI Nashville

Songwriter(s)

Casey Beathard
Monty Criswell

Producer(s)

Jay Joyce

Eric Church singles chronology

"The Only Way I Know"
(2012)

"Like Jesus Does"
(2013)

"The Outsiders"
(2013)

"Like Jesus Does" is a song written by Casey Beathard and Monty Criswell and recorded by American country music artist Eric Church. It was released in January 2013 as the fifth and final single from Church's 2011 album Chief. It was also his eighth consecutive single to be certified gold by the RIAA. It is the one of three songs on any of Church’s albums that he himself is not credited as a writer.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo ballad in which the narrator says that his lover accepts his personality and "loves [him] like Jesus does".

Critical reception

Giving it 3.5 stars out of 5, Billy Dukes of Taste of Country praised the lyrics and "vulnerability", but criticized the "plodding melody".^[1]

Commercial performance

The song has sold 509,000 copies in the United States as of June 2013.^[2] It was certified Gold by the RIAA on June 13, 2013, and then Platinum on November 11, 2016 for a million units in sales and streams.^[3]

Music video

"Like Jesus Does" was directed by John Peets premiered on CMT and GAC in February 2013.^[4]

Chart performance

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[5]	56
Canada Country (Billboard)^[6]	5
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	59
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[8]	13
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[9]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)	Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[10]	46
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[11]	47

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[12]	Gold	40,000^*
United States (RIAA)^[3]	Platinum	1,000,000^‡ / 509,000^[2]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Eric Church, 'Like Jesus Does' – Song Review". Archived from the original on 2013-03-02. Retrieved 2013-02-13.
^ ^a ^b Bjorke, Matt (2013-06-19). "Country Chart News - The Top 30 Digital Singles - June 19, 2013: Three Gold Singles, The Swon Brothers, Florida Georgia Line Dominate". Roughstock. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "American single certifications – Eric Church – Like Jesus Does". Recording Industry Association of America.
^ "CMT : Videos : Eric Church : Like Jesus Does". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
^ "Eric Church Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Eric Church Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.
^ "Eric Church Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Eric Church Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Eric Church Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard.
^ "Best of 2013: Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
^ "Best of 2013: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
^ "Canadian single certifications – Eric Church – Like Jesus Does". Music Canada. Retrieved February 1, 2014.

v t e Eric Church
Discography
Studio albums	Sinners Like Me (2006) Carolina (2009) Chief (2011) The Outsiders (2014) Mr. Misunderstood (2015) Desperate Man (2018) Heart & Soul (2021)
Singles	"How 'Bout You" "Two Pink Lines" "Guys Like Me" "Love Your Love the Most" "Hell on the Heart" "Smoke a Little Smoke" "Homeboy" "Drink in My Hand" "Springsteen" "Creepin'" "Like Jesus Does" "The Outsiders" "Give Me Back My Hometown" "Cold One" "Talladega" "Like a Wrecking Ball" "Mr. Misunderstood" "Record Year" "Kill a Word" "Round Here Buzz" "Desperate Man" "Some of It" "Monsters" "Stick That in Your Country Song" "Hell of a View" "Heart on Fire"
Guest singles	"The Only Way I Know" "Raise 'Em Up" "Are You Ready for the Country" "Does to Me" "Man Made a Bar"
Concert tours	No Shoes Nation Tour Holdin' My Own Tour