Southern Voice (song)

"Southern Voice" is a song written by Bob DiPiero and Tom Douglas, and performed by American country music singer Tim McGraw. It is the title track to his tenth studio album, 2009's Southern Voice, and the second single release from it. The song debuted at No. 49 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in September 2009. The song is played over the end credits of The Blind Side, which co-stars McGraw. A music video was made, and was voted No. 33 on GAC's Top 50 Videos of the Year.

Content

"Southern Voice" is an up-tempo listing various influential natives of the Southern United States who embody a "Southern voice."

Regarding the song, McGraw told Great American Country, "I hope it’s a record that you can put on and just sort of melt into. And that’s what the purpose was for it. We wanted a sort of earthiness that when you put this thing on, it just sort of kicks out all over you."^[1]

Music video

The video was directed by Sherman Halsey, McGraw's usual director of choice.

Critical reception

Jim Malec of The 9513 gave the song a thumbs-down, criticizing the song for its list-format lyrics and saying, "At the end of this song, we have no idea what the 'Southern voice' is, how it related to each of these people, or why someone would bother to make a song about it."^[2] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock also criticized the song's lyrics, saying, "one can’t help but think of the song as but another laundry list of things that quantify why something is or isn’t great,"^[3] but adding that McGraw's vocal and the "catchy chorus" "save 'Southern Voice' from the scrap-heap."^[3] Country Universe reviewer Kevin J. Coyne gave the song a B rating, saying, "collectively, the people he mentions do indeed rule, making this a reasonable exercise in regional pride."^[4]

McGraw performed the song on the Late Show with David Letterman on October 12.^[5]

The song incorrectly refers to Jack Daniel as "Jack Daniels."

Chart performance

On the week ending November 7, 2009, "Southern Voice" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 61. For the week of January 30, 2010, the song became McGraw's 23rd number one hit and his first since "Last Dollar (Fly Away)" topped the chart dated April 14, 2007.

Chart (2009-2010)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^{[ 1]}	1
US Billboard Hot 100^{[ 1]}	49
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^{[ 1]}	58

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	43

Preceded by "Consider Me Gone" by Reba	Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single January 30, 2010	Succeeded by "The Truth" by Jason Aldean

Certifications


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)^[7]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

↑ Tom Roland (September 28, 2009). "Tim McGraw Finds His "Voice"". Great American Country. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
↑ Jim Malec (September 14, 2009). "Tim McGraw — "Southern Voice"". The 9513. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Matt Bjorke (September 14, 2009). "Tim McGraw — "Southern Voice"". Roughstock. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
↑ Kevin J. Coyne (September 16, 2009). "Tim McGraw — "Southern Voice"". Country Universe. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
↑ Beville Darden (October 16, 2009). "Tim McGraw Raises His 'Voice' With David Letterman". The Boot. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
↑ "Best of 2010: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
↑ "American single certifications – Tim McGraw – Southern Voice". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 27, 2012. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

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Discography

Tim McGraw	"Welcome to the Club" "Memory Lane" "Two Steppin' Mind"

Not a Moment Too Soon	"Indian Outlaw" "Don't Take the Girl" "Down on the Farm" "Not a Moment Too Soon" "Refried Dreams"

All I Want	"I Like It, I Love It" "Can't Be Really Gone" "All I Want Is a Life" "She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart" "Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It"

Everywhere	"It's Your Love" (with Faith Hill) "Everywhere" "Just to See You Smile" "One of These Days" "Where the Green Grass Grows" "For a Little While"

A Place in the Sun	"Please Remember Me" "Something Like That" "My Best Friend" "Some Things Never Change" "My Next Thirty Years"

Set This Circus Down	"Grown Men Don't Cry" "Angry All the Time" "The Cowboy in Me" "Unbroken"

Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors	"Red Rag Top" "Tiny Dancer" "She's My Kind of Rain" "Real Good Man" "Watch the Wind Blow By"

Live Like You Were Dying	"Live Like You Were Dying" "Back When" "Drugs or Jesus" "Do You Want Fries with That" "My Old Friend"

Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2	"When the Stars Go Blue" "My Little Girl"

Let It Go	"Last Dollar (Fly Away)" "I Need You" (with Faith Hill) "If You're Reading This" "Suspicions" "Kristofferson" "Let It Go" "Nothin' to Die For"

Southern Voice	"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You" "Southern Voice" "Still"

Number One Hits	"Felt Good on My Lips"

Country Strong soundtrack	"Me and Tennessee" (with Gwyneth Paltrow)

Emotional Traffic	"Better Than I Used to Be" "Right Back Atcha Babe"

Two Lanes of Freedom	"Truck Yeah" "One of Those Nights" "Highway Don't Care" (with Taylor Swift) "Southern Girl"

Tim McGraw & Friends	"Twisted" (with Colt Ford)

TBD	"Lookin' for That Girl"

Guest singles	"Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" (with Faith Hill) "Let's Make Love" (with Faith Hill) "Bring On the Rain" (with Jo Dee Messina) "Over and Over" (with Nelly) "Like We Never Loved at All" (with Faith Hill) "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" (with Tracy Lawrence and Kenny Chesney) "Nine Lives" (with Def Leppard) "Feel Like a Rock Star" (with Kenny Chesney)

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