Out Last Night

"Out Last Night" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released on April 6, 2009 as the only new track on his album Greatest Hits II. The song is Chesney's forty-second single release, and his thirty-eighth top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs. Chesney wrote the song with Brett James.

Content

"Out Last Night" is an up-tempo song in which the male narrator recalls a party that he attended the night before. He recalls the people that he met there (including "girls from Argentina and Arkansas / Maine, Alabama, and Panama"), as well as his actions (such as lying to others after a few drinks, and telling them that he is "a doctor, a lawyer, a senator's son, / Brad Pitt's brother, and a man on the run"). In the chorus, he says that "Everybody was some kind of star / When [they] went out last night." Co-written by Brett James and Chesney, it is one of three new tracks on his second greatest hits album Greatest Hits II.^[1]

Critical reception

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song a favorable review. He said that the song had a more traditionally country sound, as it did not include the "amped up guitars" that Chesney's previous summer-themed songs had.^[2] Kevin J. Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B rating, also saying that it had a more traditional production.^[3]

Karlie Justus of Engine 145 gave it a thumbs-down rating, saying that Chesney's vocal interpretation was "bland" and that the lyrics lacked the humor necessary to make the song work.^[4]

Music video

The music video was directed by Shaun Silva, and it premiered on May 1, 2009. The video was filmed at the Raleigh Hotel on South Beach at 1775 Collins Avenue and mainly consists of Chesney and many other people at an island-themed party at night, with people mingling, drinking, hanging out around a campfire and swimming in a large pool. Kenny is shown singing at the campfire with his guitar, wearing his signature cowboy hat, a sleeveless shirt and jeans and is barefoot, and he is also shown singing with his guitar on a diving board, wearing a sleeveless shirt and shorts and is barefoot.

The video was voted in at number 42 on GAC's Top 50 Videos of the Year list.

Use in media

The song was featured on the show Cold Case as the finale song in the episode "Two Weddings" that aired on February 28, 2010.

Charts

"Out Last Night" debuted at number 25 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts dated for the week of April 11, 2009.^[5] The song became Chesney's seventeenth number one hit on the chart week of June 27, 2009 and his fourth consecutive chart-topper.

Chart (2009)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	16
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[8]	41

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[9]	32

References

↑ "Kenny Chesney Rolls Out More Hits". Great American Country. 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
↑ Bjorke, Matt (2009-04-01). "Kenny Chesney - "Out Last Night"". Roughstock. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
↑ Coyne, Kevin J. (2009-03-29). "Kenny Chesney - "Out Last Night"". Country Universe. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
↑ Justus, Karlie (2009-04-20). "Kenny Chesney - "Out Last Night"". Engine 145. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
↑ "Hot Country Songs listing for "Out Last Night"". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
↑ "Kenny Chesney – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Kenny Chesney.
↑ "Kenny Chesney – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Kenny Chesney.
↑ "Kenny Chesney – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Kenny Chesney.
↑ "Best of 2009: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2009. Retrieved December 13, 2009.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Then" by Brad Paisley	Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single June 27–July 4, 2009	Succeeded by "Sideways" by Dierks Bentley

Kenny Chesney singles
In My Wildest Dreams	"Whatever It Takes" "The Tin Man" "Somebody's Callin'"
All I Need to Know	"Fall in Love" "All I Need to Know" "Grandpa Told Me So"
Me and You	"Back in My Arms Again" "Me and You" "When I Close My Eyes"
I Will Stand	"She's Got It All" "A Chance" "That's Why I'm Here" "I Will Stand"
Everywhere We Go	"How Forever Feels" "You Had Me from Hello" "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" "What I Need to Do"
Greatest Hits	"I Lost It" "Don't Happen Twice" "The Tin Man" (re-release)
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems	"Young" "The Good Stuff" "A Lot of Things Different" "Big Star" "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"
When the Sun Goes Down	"There Goes My Life" "When the Sun Goes Down" (w/ Uncle Kracker) "I Go Back" "The Woman with You" "Anything but Mine" "Keg in the Closet"
The Road and the Radio	"Who You'd Be Today" "Living in Fast Forward" "Summertime" "You Save Me" "Beer in Mexico"
Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates	"Never Wanted Nothing More" "Don't Blink" "Shiftwork" (w/ George Strait) "Better as a Memory"
Lucky Old Sun	"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" (w/ The Wailers) "Down the Road" (w/ Mac McAnally)
Greatest Hits II	"Out Last Night" "I'm Alive" (w/ Dave Matthews) "Ain't Back Yet"
Hemingway's Whiskey	"The Boys of Fall" "Somewhere with You" "Live a Little" "You and Tequila" (w/ Grace Potter) "Reality"
Welcome to the Fishbowl	"Feel Like a Rock Star" (w/ Tim McGraw) "Come Over" "El Cerrito Place"
Life on a Rock	"Pirate Flag" "When I See This Bar"
The Big Revival	"American Kids" "Til It's Gone" "Wild Child" (w/ Grace Potter) "Save It for a Rainy Day"
Cosmic Hallelujah	"Noise" "Setting the World on Fire" (w/ Pink) "Bar at the End of the World" "All the Pretty Girls"
Guest singles	"Hey, Good Lookin'" (w/ Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait) "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" (w/ Tracy Lawrence and Tim McGraw) "Every Other Weekend" (w/ Reba McEntire)
See also	Discography "Back Where I Come From" "Baptism" "Some People Change" "Take Me There" "Turning Home"

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