| "Country Must Be Country Wide" | ||||
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| Single by Brantley Gilbert | ||||
| from the album Halfway to Heaven | ||||
| Released | April 25, 2011 | |||
| Format | Music download | |||
| Genre | Country Rock | |||
| Length | 3:35 | |||
| Label | Valory Music Group | |||
| Writer(s) | Brantley Gilbert, Colt Ford, Mike Dekle | |||
| Producer | Dann Huff | |||
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"Country Must Be Country Wide" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country rock artist Brantley Gilbert. It was released in April 2011 as the first single from the deluxe edition of his 2010 album Halfway to Heaven.
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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.[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]
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]
The music video was directed by Shane Drake and premiered in mid-2011.
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Country Songs[4] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] | 50 |
| Canadian Hot 100[4] | 91 |
| Chart (2011) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 30 |
| Preceded by "Sparks Fly" by Taylor Swift |
Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single December 3, 2011 |
Succeeded by "We Owned the Night" by Lady Antebellum |