On this day in 2006, Carrie Underwood released "Before He Cheats" as the fourth and final single from her debut album, Some Hearts. The track became the biggest hit of her career, and marks a notable moment because the singer, fresh off winning American Idol, was initially reluctant to record it for fear of alienating fans who saw her as wholesome.

The song spent five consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the country chart and reached No. 8 on the Hot 100, later becoming the first country song to sell two million digital copies and earning 11x Platinum certification from the RIAA. It won Underwood the Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and the CMA Award for Single of the Year, while songwriters Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins took home the Grammy for Country Song of the Year. Underwood has said she nearly turned the song down but ultimately decided to record it because she personally liked it.