Good Girl

The first single from Carrie Underwood's fourth studio album was co-penned by the American Idol winner with songwriters Chris DeStefano (Scotty McCreery's "Better Than This," Kelly Clarkson's "Let Me Down") and Ashley Gorley (Trace Adkins's "You're Gonna Miss This" and Carrie's own hit "All American Girl.") The song was released to country radio on February 23, 2012.

Carrie explained that she and her co-writers set out to pen something that will have her fans dancing along. "We went into the writing session thinking we need to write something that just kicks butt," she said, "and Chris DeStefano, I call him a little mad scientist on all of his Pro Tools stuff — he, like, plays every instrument you could possibly think of, and he, like, started makin' this track, and we started…we just went. It was fast. We wrote it fast, and it's just fun! It's upbeat, it's fun, you stomp your feet, and you can dance to it. It's got this really rockin' verse, and this really, like, rockin' country chorus. So, it's just a really cool song."

Underwood said of the inspiration for the song in a behind-the-scenes film for its video: "We've all been this girl before, who just believes the best in the man that she's with, no matter what. But people are like, 'What's wrong with you?' So we tried to take the story of dual personalities: one is good and one is knowledgeable... She's not bad, she's just trying to give the good girl some knowledge and say, 'Wake up! Open up your eyes and see this guy for what he is.'"