Sam Hunt’s “Body Like A Back Road” Has Set a “Billboard” Record
SAM HUNT’s“Body Like A Back Road” cannot be stopped. It just broke the record for the most weeks at Number One in the history of “Billboard’s” Hot Country Songs chart.
It’s been at the top for 25 weeks, passing Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise”, which spent 24 weeks at #1 back in 2013. What’s amazing is that Sam almost didn’t release it because he was afraid people might think the lyrics objectified women.
Quote, “I had some concerns, but I tried to make it fun to offset any risks of those things happening, and I think that came across in the lyric and in the way we recorded it.
“When we finally finished it, it hit me as ‘Okay, wait a minute. Maybe I underestimated the potential of this song. I think this could be a fun song and it will connect with folks.'”
Mission accomplished, right? The song has clearly connected with enough people to set an all-time record.
The first round of dates have been announced for JON PARDI’s CMT on Tour. It’ll get going October 12th in Birmingham, Alabama . . . and run through December 8th in Grand Rapids, Michigan. MIDLAND and RUNAWAY JUNE will open select shows. Dates and updates are at CMT.com.
Here’s a switch. Instead of some random couple getting engaged at a GARTH BROOKS show . . . this time it was his daughter Allie. Her boyfriend Jonathan Roberts asked her while they were celebrating her birthday backstage at Garth’s show last week. She said yes, so he posted pics and a video on Facebook.
MAREN MORRIS has released her “Drunk Girls Don’t Cry” video. It’s filled with concert footage and behind the scenes stuff. (CAREFUL!!! This isn’t for air. There are several S-words in the video.)