Happen To Me

Album

Famous Back Home

Label

Triple Tigers Records

Genre

Country pop

Duration

3:00

Composer(s)

Chris LaCorte;Jessie;Jo Dillon;;Chase McGill:Robert Hazard

Entered Chart

May 3, 2025

Peak Date

Sep 27, 2025

Released

March 10, 2025

Recorded

2024

"Happen to Me" is Russell Dickerson's cheerful ode to what happens when heartbreak, tequila, and 1980s pop classics collide on a Saturday night. And, honestly, haven't we all been there? The story, as so many good ones do, takes place in a bar. A woman, recently separated from someone who no doubt deserved it, is throwing back shots of tequila with the reckless determination of someone who's already passed the point of no return. She's belting out "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" like she wrote it herself. Dickerson grabs a stool beside her and they talk, drink and dance together. Before long, he is falling for this tequila-fueled woman. Russell Dickerson co-wrote "Happen to Me" with Chase McGill (known for Kane Brown's "Lose It" and Cole Swindell's "Break Up In The End"), Chris LaCorte (Sam Hunt's "23" Tucker Wetmore's "Wind Up Missin' You") and Jessie Jo Dillon (Dan + Shay's "10,000 Hours," Morgan Wallen's "Lies Lies Lies"). Dickerson, who has a history of writing heartfelt songs, decided it was time to loosen the necktie and write something a bit more unbuttoned. "When we first started writing it," Dickerson said, "I thought, 'What's a song that makes every girl want to get up and dance when it plays?'" And the answer, as any wedding DJ or bachelorette party attendee could tell you, is "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." So they stuck it right into the chorus like a splash of lime in your drink and built the rest of the song around it. The late Philadelphia singer/songwriter Robert Hazard, who wrote "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," is also credited. The production, done by Dickerson alongside Josh Kerr and Chris LaCorte, is a fizzy mix of modern country and upbeat pop. "Happen To Me" was released as a single on February 21, 2025. Dickerson's earlier singles like "Yours" and "Every Little Thing" focus on heartfelt, romantic storytelling inspired by his real-life love story with his wife. "Happen to Me" shifts gears to deliver a playful, upbeat anthem that shows another side of the balladeer.

I don't know who broke up with who
But she's in here chasing tequila with High Noon
Don't know how long she's been moving on
Maybe five weeks or five minutes, but it can't be too long

And we did that "What's your name" thing
Where you from and what's your favorite drink
She said shut up, come and dance with me
And now she's singing

"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" at the top of her lungs
Don't even know she's bout to wreck someone
And boy, I'm in trouble now
Ain't even tryna get out
So come on baby, take me
Down, down, down, yeah
Don't know what happened tonight
Don't know what happened last week
Don't know what happened to her
But she bout to happen to me

She bout to happen to me
She'll probably be the one that got away
Right now I'm taking every second I can take

So we keep talking
And we keep drinking
Oh, and I keep fallin'
And she keeps on singing

"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" at the top of her lungs
Don't even know she's bout to wreck someone
And boy, I'm in trouble now
Ain't even tryna get out
So come on baby, take me
Down, down, down, yeah
Don't know what happened tonight
Don't know what happened last week
Don't know what happened to her
But she bout to happen to me

Ohhh
We keep on talking
And we keep on drinking
And I keep on falling
She keeps on singing
Girls, mm
Just, mm

"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" at the top of her lungs
Don't even know she's bout to wreck someone
And boy, I'm in trouble now
Ain't even tryna get out
So come on baby, take me
Down, down, down, yeah
Don't know what happened tonight
Don't know what happened last week
Don't know what happened to her
But she bout to happen to me

(She bout to happen to me...)