Country Must Be Country Wide












































"Country Must Be Country Wide"

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Single by Brantley Gilbert
from the album Halfway to Heaven
Released
April 25, 2011 (2011-04-25)
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2010
Genre

  • Country rock

  • rock
Length
3:35
Label
Valory
Songwriter(s)

  • Brantley Gilbert

  • Colt Ford

  • Mike Dekle
Producer(s)
Dann Huff

Brantley Gilbert singles chronology





"Them Boys"
(2011)
 "Country Must Be Country Wide"
(2011)
 "You Don't Know Her Like I Do"
(2011)








"Them Boys"
(2011)
"Country Must Be Country Wide"
(2011)
 "You Don't Know Her Like I Do"
(2011)


"Country Must Be Country Wide" is a song co-written and recorded by American country rock singer Brantley Gilbert. It was released in April 2011 as the first single from the deluxe edition of his 2010 album Halfway to Heaven.




Contents






  • 1 Content


  • 2 Critical reception


  • 3 Music video


  • 4 Commercial performance


  • 5 Charts and certifications


    • 5.1 Weekly Charts


    • 5.2 Year-end charts




  • 6 Certifications


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Content


In the song, Gilbert sings about the country music fanbase, saying that it is not limited to the Southern United States. Gilbert told Taste of Country that he wrote the song while on tour with country rap artist Colt Ford and Mike Dekle.[1] Ford told Country Weekly that, while touring through Ohio, he realized that "there are rednecks everywhere[…]I was like, 'those people are all just like us, but they just sound different.'" Gilbert added that while in Ohio, he saw a man exit a truck while dressed in a cowboy hat and boots, which inspired the first verse of the song.[2]



Critical reception


Dan MacIntosh of Country Standard Time thought that the song "lives up to that 'up to 11' promise" that he thought was established in the songs that Gilbert wrote for Jason Aldean ("Dirt Road Anthem" and "My Kinda Party").[3] Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the single a negative review stating, "This song is about as country as "Wanted Dead or Alive" anyway.[4]



Music video


The music video was directed by Shane Drake and premiered in mid-2011. Filmed at the Tennessee State Prison.



Commercial performance


The song debuted on the Hot Country Songs chart at No. 44 for the chart date April 23, 2011, and eventually reached No. 1 on that chart on December 3, 2011.[5] It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 100 on July 9, 2011, eventually reaching No. 50 the same week it reach No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. The song was certified Platinum by the RIAA on March 25, 2014, and reached its million sales mark in the U.S. in June 2014.[6]



Charts and certifications











References





  1. ^ Hensel, Amanda (27 May 2011). "Brantley Gilbert, 'Country Must Be Country Wide' – Lyrics Uncovered". Taste of Country. Retrieved 30 September 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Conaway, Alanna (24 October 2011). "Behind the Song: There Are Rednecks Everywhere". Country Weekly. 18 (43): 16. ISSN 1074-3235.


  3. ^ MacIntosh, Dan. "Halfway to Heaven". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 30 September 2011.


  4. ^ http://www.countryuniverse.net/2011/04/09/single-review-brantley-gilbert-country-must-be-country-wide/


  5. ^ Wade Jessen (December 3, 2011), "The Right Stuff", Billboard, p. 32


  6. ^ ab Paul Grein (June 18, 2014). "Chart Watch: PSY & Snoop Attack Your Brain Cells". Chart Watch (Yahoo Music).


  7. ^ "Brantley Gilbert Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.


  8. ^ "Brantley Gilbert Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.


  9. ^ "Brantley Gilbert Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.


  10. ^ "Best of 2011: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2011.


  11. ^ "Best of 2012: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.


  12. ^ "American single certifications – Brantley Gilbert – Country Must Be Country Wide". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
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External links



  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics








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