It Just Comes Natural (song)

"It Just Comes Natural"
"It Just Comes Natural"
Single by George Strait
from the album It Just Comes Natural
Released	October 9, 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Country
Length	2:58
Label	MCA Nashville
Songwriters	Marv Green; Jim Collins
Producers	George Strait; Tony Brown
George Strait singles chronology

"It Just Comes Natural" is a song written by Marv Green and Jim Collins, and recorded by American country music singer George Strait. It was released in October 2006 as the second single and title track from Strait's album It Just Comes Natural. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in February 2007. The single became Strait's 42nd Billboard number-one single.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo, in which the narrator discusses things that naturally happen. He goes on to say that the love he has for his significant other comes naturally.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of It Just Comes Natural.^[1]

Eddie Bayers – drums
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar
Wes Hightower – background vocals
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
Steve Nathan – Wurlitzer electric piano
Matt Rollings – Hammond B-3 organ
Marty Slayton – background vocals
Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Chart positions

Chart (2006–2007)	Peak position
Canada Country (Billboard)^[2]	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	58

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	12

Certifications

Certifications for *It Just Comes Natural*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[6]	Platinum	1,000,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ It Just Comes Natural (CD booklet). George Strait. MCA Records Nashville. 2006. B0006023-02.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "George Strait Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.
^ "George Strait Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "George Strait Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Best of 2007: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2007.
^ "American single certifications – George Strait – Every Little Honky Tonk Bar". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 21, 2024.

[1] It Just Comes Natural (CD booklet). George Strait. MCA Records Nashville. 2006. B0006023-02.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[sc_Billboardcanadacountry_George_Strait-2] "George Strait Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_George_Strait-3] "George Strait Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardhot100_George_Strait-4] "George Strait Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[5] "Best of 2007: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2007.

[United_StatesGeorge_StraitEvery_Little_Honky_Tonk_BarsingleCertRef-6] "American single certifications – George Strait – Every Little Honky Tonk Bar". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 21, 2024.

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George Strait singles
Albums Singles Ace in the Hole Band The Cowboy Rides Away Tour
1980s	"Unwound" "Down and Out" "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" "Fool Hearted Memory" "Marina del Rey" "Amarillo by Morning" "A Fire I Can't Put Out" "You Look So Good in Love" "Right or Wrong" "Let's Fall to Pieces Together" "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" "The Cowboy Rides Away" "The Fireman" "The Chair" "You're Something Special to Me" "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You" "Ocean Front Property" "All My Ex's Live in Texas" "Am I Blue" "Famous Last Words of a Fool" "Baby Blue" "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" "Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" "What's Going On in Your World" "Ace in the Hole" "Overnight Success"
1990s	"Love Without End, Amen" "Drinking Champagne" "I've Come to Expect It from You" "If I Know Me" "You Know Me Better Than That" "The Chill of an Early Fall" "Lovesick Blues" "Gone as a Girl Can Get" "So Much Like My Dad" "I Cross My Heart" "Heartland" "When Did You Stop Loving Me" "Easy Come, Easy Go" "I'd Like to Have That One Back" "Lovebug" "The Man in Love with You" "The Big One" "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody" "Adalida" "Lead On" "Check Yes or No" "I Know She Still Loves Me" "Blue Clear Sky" "Carried Away" "I Can Still Make Cheyenne" "King of the Mountain" "One Night at a Time" "Carrying Your Love with Me" "Today My World Slipped Away" "Round About Way" "I Just Want to Dance with You" "True" "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This" "Meanwhile" "Write This Down" "What Do You Say to That"
2000s	"The Best Day" "Go On" "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You" "If You Can Do Anything Else" "Run" "Living and Living Well" "She'll Leave You with a Smile" "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" "Cowboys Like Us" "Desperately" "I Hate Everything" "You'll Be There" "She Let Herself Go" "The Seashores of Old Mexico" "Give It Away" "It Just Comes Natural" "Wrapped" "How 'bout Them Cowgirls" "I Saw God Today" "Troubadour" "River of Love" "Living for the Night" "Twang"
2010s	"I Gotta Get to You" "The Breath You Take" "Here for a Good Time" "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" "Drinkin' Man" "Give It All We Got Tonight" "I Believe" "I Got a Car" "Let It Go" "Cold Beer Conversation" "Every Little Honky Tonk Bar" "The Weight of the Badge"
Other songs	"Murder on Music Row" (w/ Alan Jackson) "Hey, Good Lookin'" (w/ Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson and Toby Keith) "Shiftwork" (w/ Kenny Chesney) "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven"