"Sure Be Cool If You Did" is a song written by Rodney Clawson, Chris Tompkins, and Jimmy Robbins[1] and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton.
Shelton described "Sure Be Cool If You Did" as having "a lot of the elements that you try and include on an album, all in one song", calling it "kind of manic" and "a little bit mischievous".
[4] He compared its production to that of songs by artists like Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, and Carrie Underwood, which he considered indicative of where he wanted to be "going musically", and said, "It’s got a loop in it, and it’s got some snaps and some samples and different sounds like that that people I don’t think would have ever expected to hear from me.
He felt that "Sure Be Cool If You Did" featured cliche lyrics but praised Shelton's vocal performance as "truly rich and expressive" while singling out "the searing guitar breaks" as "the most interesting components" of the song.
[10] Chuck Dauphin of Billboard wrote, "it’s not exactly the most well-written song of his career, but his vocal is very pleasing on the cut – as well as the arrangement.
"[11] Steve Legget of AllMusic gave "Sure Be Cool If You Did" three-and-a-half stars out of five and wrote that it has "an unassuming but memorable and melodic chorus hook" that highlights Shelton's "considerable strengths as an interpreter of country love ballads.
On the country chart dated March 9, 2013, "Sure Be Cool If You Did" became Shelton's eighth consecutive number one hit, and his thirteenth overall.