I Should Probably Go to Bed

"I Should Probably Go to Bed"
Single by Dan + Shay
from the album Good Things
ReleasedJuly 31, 2020
GenrePop
Length2:52
LabelWarner Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dan Smyers
Dan + Shay singles chronology
"10,000 Hours"
(2019)
"I Should Probably Go to Bed"
(2020)
"Glad You Exist"
(2021)
Alternative cover
Cover art for live version performed at Ocean Way Nashville
Official music video
"I Should Probably Go to Bed" on YouTube
Live video
"I Should Probably Go to Bed" Live at Ocean Way Nashville on YouTube

"I Should Probably Go to Bed" is a song by American country pop duo Dan + Shay. It was released on July 31, 2020, as the second single from their fourth studio album, Good Things (2021). Duo members Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney wrote the song with Sean Douglas and Jason Evigan.

Content

Dan + Shay announced the release of "I Should Probably Go to Bed" on July 31, 2020. The duo's members, Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney, wrote the song with Sean Douglas and Jason Evigan. Smyers also produced the song and played every instrument on it from his own house. Smyers told Rolling Stone that he had the song's title saved on his phone for months prior to the conception of the song. In production, Smyers included "orchestral synths and plaintive piano", as well as vocal harmonies between himself and Mooney.

Personnel

Credits by AllMusic

  • Shay Mooney – lead vocals, background vocals
  • Abby Smyers – background vocals
  • Dan Smyers – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, piano, programming, strings, synthesizer, background vocals

Chart performance

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) Platinum 80,000
United States (RIAA) Platinum 1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.