Stuck Like Glue
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"Stuck Like Glue" is a Sugarland single released to radio July 26, 2010. It is the first single off their album The Incredible Machine
, released October 19, 2010. "Stuck Like Glue" debuted at #44 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs
chart for the week of August 7, 2010, and debuted at #20 on Billboard Hot 100 the following week. It went on to sell over 1,812,000 digital copies, making it their best selling digital song and the 11th best selling country song digitally.
Some stations have edited out the song's reggae
bridge and/or a portion near the end in which Nettles' backing vocals are Auto-Tune
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's vocal stylings as well as the production.
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an "A" rating, and said "I could write a few paragraphs about why I love this song, but what’s the point...All I have to say about “Stuck Like Glue” is this: Listening to it makes me very happy."
. The video portrays an alternate interpretation of the lyrics. The video opens with the narrator, driving up to the house of her ex-lover (played by Ryan McPartlin
), whom she obviously stalks. Her ex-lover ends up calling the police, and she gets arrested, and appears in a mugshot room with other criminals. After being released, she goes to the house of the ex-lover, and kidnaps
him by putting a sack over his head and driving him to a warehouse with many pictures & paintings of him there. She drugs him, and proceeds to feed him a cake with his face on it. At the end, she takes his phone and sees an incoming call from "Kim" (actress Brooke Hutton), who is shown to be an attractive young woman on picture caller ID, and the video ends as she punches him for it.
chart for the week of August 7, 2010. One week later, it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100
at No. 20. It also debuted at No. 53 on the Canadian Hot 100
chart for the week of August 14, 2010. To date, the single has sold over 1.8 million copies in the US, and is the 11th most downloaded country music song of all time. The single entered the UK Top 100 at number 74 on February 13, 2011. It debuted at No. 30 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for the week of March 26, 2011.
The Incredible Machine (album)
The Incredible Machine is the fourth studio album by American country music duo Sugarland. It was released on October 19, 2010 via Mercury Nashville Records. Byron Gallimore along with both members Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush teamed up for production of the album.Upon its release, The...
, released October 19, 2010. "Stuck Like Glue" debuted at #44 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart for the week of August 7, 2010, and debuted at #20 on Billboard Hot 100 the following week. It went on to sell over 1,812,000 digital copies, making it their best selling digital song and the 11th best selling country song digitally.
Content
The song is in the key of D-flat major, using a main pattern of D5-A5-Gsus2 on the verses. The narrator sings that she and her lover are "stuck like glue".Some stations have edited out the song's reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
bridge and/or a portion near the end in which Nettles' backing vocals are Auto-Tune
Auto-Tune
Auto-Tune is a proprietary audio processor created by Antares Audio Technologies. Auto-Tune uses a phase vocoder to correct pitch in vocal and instrumental performances. It is used to disguise off-key inaccuracies and mistakes, and has allowed singers to perform apparently perfectly tuned vocal...
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Critical reception
Blake Boldt of The 9513 gave the song a thumbs-up. His review called the song "oddball" and "interesting," praising Jennifer NettlesJennifer Nettles
Jennifer Nettles is an American country music artist. She is known primarily for her role as lead vocalist of the duo Sugarland alongside Kristian Bush. Before Sugarland's inception, she also fronted Atlanta, Georgia-based bands called Soul Miner's Daughter and Jennifer Nettles Band...
's vocal stylings as well as the production.
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an "A" rating, and said "I could write a few paragraphs about why I love this song, but what’s the point...All I have to say about “Stuck Like Glue” is this: Listening to it makes me very happy."
Music video
The music video was released on August 6 on VEVOVevo
Vevo is a music video website. It is a joint venture among Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Abu Dhabi Media with EMI licensing its content to the group without taking an ownership stake. The service was launched officially on December 8, 2009...
. The video portrays an alternate interpretation of the lyrics. The video opens with the narrator, driving up to the house of her ex-lover (played by Ryan McPartlin
Ryan McPartlin
Ryan McPartlin is an American actor, best known for his role as Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb on NBC's Chuck.-Early life:...
), whom she obviously stalks. Her ex-lover ends up calling the police, and she gets arrested, and appears in a mugshot room with other criminals. After being released, she goes to the house of the ex-lover, and kidnaps
Kidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority...
him by putting a sack over his head and driving him to a warehouse with many pictures & paintings of him there. She drugs him, and proceeds to feed him a cake with his face on it. At the end, she takes his phone and sees an incoming call from "Kim" (actress Brooke Hutton), who is shown to be an attractive young woman on picture caller ID, and the video ends as she punches him for it.
Chart performance
"Stuck Like Glue" debuted at No. 44 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country SongsHot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart for the week of August 7, 2010. One week later, it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
at No. 20. It also debuted at No. 53 on the Canadian Hot 100
Canadian Hot 100
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...
chart for the week of August 14, 2010. To date, the single has sold over 1.8 million copies in the US, and is the 11th most downloaded country music song of all time. The single entered the UK Top 100 at number 74 on February 13, 2011. It debuted at No. 30 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for the week of March 26, 2011.
| Chart (2010–2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
Certifications
| Country | Provider | Certification |
|---|---|---|
| United States | RIAA | 2× Platinum |
Release history
| Date | Region |
|---|---|
| July 26, 2010 | United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
| January 31, 2011 | United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
| June 25, 2011 | The Netherlands |