Sara Evans – A Little Bit Stronger

“A Little Bit Stronger” is a song recorded by Sara Evans. It was released in September 2010 and as the first single from Evans’ 2011 album Stronger. Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey, and Hillary Scott wrote the song and the Lady Antebellum singer also performs harmony vocals on the track.

The song became Evans’ fifth and final number one hit on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in May 2011. It is also her first single to be certified Platinum by the RIAA.

The song features on the soundtrack for the 2010 movie Country Strong. It is sung by Leighton Meester in the film, while Evan’s version is on the movie’s soundtrack. “I’m so excited. We found a song, put it on the record, put it out as my first single, shot the video for it and then found out it was in this movie. I was overwhelmed!” Sara told The Boot.

Evans performed the song on April 3, 2011 during the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards, and received a standing ovation for her performance. She also performed the song on May 24, 2011, during the finale of the twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars.

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The music video, directed by Peter Zavadil, was shot on August 9, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee, and premiered on CMT’s Big New Music Weekend on October 1, 2010. In the video, Evans is shown in various locations within her spacious apartment and sitting behind the wheel of a car in the rain, appearing distraught while she performs the song. Throughout the video, scenes of her recording a video blog are included. As the video progresses, Evans makes note in her video blog that she’s been getting stronger with each passing day.

The video was nominated in Female Video of the Year category at the 2011 CMT Music Awards.