Twenty years ago, Carrie Underwood‘s hit song “Before He Cheats” helped catapult her to superstardom less than two years after she was named the winner of American Idol. But she almost didn’t even record the sassy country anthem.

“I remember, even when we were talking about recording that song, it was kind of like, ‘Oh, is this too aggressive?'” Underwood told People about the Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear-penned hit. “Because I was, like, a sweet farm girl on [American Idol]. And I hope that’s who I still am! But it was almost, ‘Maybe we don’t do this song.'”

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