Undiscovered: 5 Eric Church Songs We Think You’ll Love

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Eric Church has not missed a mark since his 2006 debut album Sinners Like Me. Church has been topping the country music charts ever since with brilliant songwriting, a touch of rock and roll, and outstanding high-energy live performances. To celebrate his birthday today, we’re looking at 5 Church songs you may have missed.

1. “Before She Does”

Church lists all the things he believes in as certainly as he believes that his love isn’t coming back in this all-American track released in 2006. He knows he’s lost ‘a real good thing’ but he’s also come to accept that she’s gone for good.

“I believe the Bible is cold, hard fact. And I believe that Jesus is coming back. Before she does.”

2. “The Hard Way”

Anybody wrestling with regret will relate to this track released on the same album, Sinners Like Me, in 2006. Church once again tackles the difficulty of acceptance in this track about remorse. He wishes he hadn’t had to learn some life lessons the hard way, but he’s mindful to feel his regret rather than fight against it.

“Regret’s been known to give a man a beating’. But I ain’t in the mood for fighting’ back this evening.”

3. “Can’t Take it With You”

Church sings about heartbreak in this retrospective track from the same album. He’s lost the ‘best love’ he’s ‘ever known’ and reminisces about all the things he lost that she took with her when she left, like her heart.

“‘Cause she got away with everything that I had goin’ […] Yeah she took her heart an’ took off down that road. An’ they say you can’t take it with you when you go.”

4. “Hungover and Hard Up”

Church’s third album, Chief, had lots of hits but you may have missed this unapologetically raw and vulnerable track about heartbreak. The gut-punch lyrics and Church’s melancholic delivery capture the instability of sudden loss.

“I never saw your leaving comin’ but I sure felt it when ya left. Memory button stuck on repeat. Mind skippin’ like a record machine.”

5. “Hippie Radio”

Released in 2018 on the album Desperate Man, “Hippie Radio” is a beautiful tribute to Church’s dad with a fitting Harry Chapin feel to it. This tear-jerker pays homage to the songs that were the soundtrack to his youth and the car that represents the bond with his dad that continues to carry him and live on in his relationship with his own son.

“Carry on my Wayward Son on the hippie radio. Songs about the flower babies and the birth of rock and roll. And I was a band, I would stand and we’d bounce down the road. A boy and his dad in a Pontiac with that hippie radio.”

Happy Birthday, Eric Church!

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