High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Before He Cheats" is a song written by Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear and the third wide-release single from Carrie Underwood's debut album, Some Hearts. It was the fifth release from the album overall. It was named the 2007 Single of the Year by the Country Music Association. It is Underwood's most successful single as of December 2012, with sales of 3,620,000 digital downloads, making it the second best-selling song by an American Idol contestant in the United States (behind Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" with 3.935 million), and fourth best-selling country song of all time (behind Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now", with 5.712 million, Taylor Swift's "Love Story", with 5.52 million and Swift's "You Belong with Me", with 4.12 million). Its longevity also made it the fourth longest-charting single in the history of the Hot 100 as well as coming in on CMT's 40 Greatest Songs of the Decade at number 25, along with...