Kellie Pickler (born June 28, 1986 in North Carolina) finished in 6th place on the 5th season of American Idol in 2006. "Best Days of Your Life" is the 2nd single off her sophomore self-titled album, and co-written by Taylor Swift. It was released on December 1, 2008, and has now become her 1st Top 10 hit and her most successful hit.
The song is an up-tempo country pop mostly backed by electric guitar, played by Taylor Swift. It tells about a former boyfriend who cheated on her and is going to get married and build a family with the lover. Although, she wishes them to be happy and have a nice life, she says that he's already had the best days of his life with her, and the new partner can never top it.
The music video was shot last month in Nashville, and is directed by Roman White. It was released on March 25 to members of Pickler's official fanclub, and then to CMT today. In the video, Pickler goes out to the movies with her friends for her birthday and sees her boyfriend cheating on her, so she leaves. Later on, her ex gets married to the girlfriend, but he is completely unhappy with his new life and has many flashbacks of him and Pickler. One day while he and his wife are walking, she reveals that she is pregnant; he runs across the street and tries to make it up to Pickler, but he is hit by a bus and put in the hospital. Later, Pickler visits him and signs her name on his body cast and leaves. Throughout this, Pickler is shown singing alongside Taylor Swift with Pickler's ex watching through his television set.
The song is an up-tempo country pop mostly backed by electric guitar, played by Taylor Swift. It tells about a former boyfriend who cheated on her and is going to get married and build a family with the lover. Although, she wishes them to be happy and have a nice life, she says that he's already had the best days of his life with her, and the new partner can never top it.
The music video was shot last month in Nashville, and is directed by Roman White. It was released on March 25 to members of Pickler's official fanclub, and then to CMT today. In the video, Pickler goes out to the movies with her friends for her birthday and sees her boyfriend cheating on her, so she leaves. Later on, her ex gets married to the girlfriend, but he is completely unhappy with his new life and has many flashbacks of him and Pickler. One day while he and his wife are walking, she reveals that she is pregnant; he runs across the street and tries to make it up to Pickler, but he is hit by a bus and put in the hospital. Later, Pickler visits him and signs her name on his body cast and leaves. Throughout this, Pickler is shown singing alongside Taylor Swift with Pickler's ex watching through his television set.