I’ve been hoping (and expecting) for this to happen… Back in 1988, Tracy Chapman released her debut single, “Fast Car.” To this day, it’s been a massive and nostalgic hit, bringing in listeners of all genres, including Country superstar Luke Combs. Unless you’ve been living under a rock (and even then you’d probably still know it) Luke Combs released his cover of Fast Car from his latest album, “Gettin’ Old” and it just became the No. 1 Country song on Billboard’s Airplay chart in only 11 weeks. Just a few days ago, Tracy Chapman posted a video clip to her…
Author: Clayton Anderson
What a massive single. On paper, Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” just may be the biggest single of his career to date. Tracy Chapman released the original back in 1988 and her song (which has been one of my favorites since the first time I heard it 12 years ago) only peaked at No. 6. As of today, Luke Combs tied Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” with only taking 11 charting weeks to hit the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. There’s a lot of politics from the labels that goes into earning number 1 songs…
Right on time for Fourth of July weekend. Recorded from Super Bowl LVII back in February, Chris Stapleton had one of, if not thee, most talked about National anthem performances from Super Bowl history. Chris Stapleton doing what Chris Stapleton does.#SuperBowl @ChrisStapleton pic.twitter.com/s1jFjyS4QW— Country Chord (@CountryChord) February 13, 2023 At a time where the commercials aren’t as funny and there’s only one or two halftime performing acts nowadays, leave it to Chris Stapleton to absolutely NAIL it and leave grown men cry on television. The cool thing here is that Chris didn’t record it. He released the live, raw version…
We NEED it. Zach Bryan has been giving fans updates on the new album for quite sometime and today, he shared a little more info on the project to his Instagram account. Noting it was one of the “most challenging and honest things” he’s ever done, Zach thanked his fans and shared he “finally” produced his own album. While there’s still no official release date, I imagine it’s around the corner. Back in April, Zach responded to a fan’s tweet saying that there will only be 11 songs (thank God) on the upcoming album, adding that “I’m in my quality…
A hit. On June 26th, the RIAA officially certified “Head Over Boots” by Jon Pardi as a massive 5X Platinum. A platinum certification means the song or album has sold a million units, which in this case, Head over Boots has now sold a combined 5 million. Written by Pardi, as well as Luke Laird, Boots was released to radio in 2015 as the lead single to “California Sunrise,” arguably his biggest album to date. The song became Pardi’s first ever No. 1, followed after “Dirt On My Boots,” which really made Jon a household name in Country music. Listen…
A classic. On June 28th, 1999, Tim McGraw released one of his most popular songs to date, “Something Like That.” Written by Rick Ferrell and Keith Follese, the song, known for its “BBQ Stain” reference, was the second single from McGraw’s “A Place in the Sun” album and became his tenth No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks. As of today, Something Like That is certified 2X platinum by the RIAA and is still one of the great Country songs from the 90’s. Check it out below.