User:Songsteel/Look at Me (Carrie Underwood song)

"Look at Me" is a country song written by Jim Collins and Paul Overstreet. It was first recorded by American singer-songwriter Alan Jackson for the Billy:The Early Years soundtrack (2008), and was also included on his 2010 compilation album, 34 Number Ones. American singer-songwriter Carrie Underwood recorded a cover for her third studio album, Play On (2009), which reached No. 22 on the Billboard Country Digital Songs in 2014 following the song's usage in a viral video.

Composition
"Look at Me" is a country and country pop love song with a moderately slow tempo of 86 BPM and which lasts a duration of three minutes and fifteen seconds. The instrumentation consists primarily of piano and acoustic guitar. It is composed in the key of E major and features a vocal range of A3—A5. Lyrically, the song addresses the feeling of falling in love. Vince Gill provides an uncredited background harmony vocal on the track.

Commercial reception
Underwood's rendition of "Look at Me" sold 62,000 units as an album track between the release of Play On on November 2, 2009 and the week beginning February 16, 2014. For the week of February 16-22, 2014, the song sold an additional 18,000 units — for a total of 80,000 — fueled by renewed interest in the song owing to the viral video. This 431% increase in sales caused the song to vault to number 22 on the Billboard Country Digital Songs, the sales component chart of Hot Country Songs.