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Wikipedia article




"'Tattoos on This Town'" is a song written by Michael Dulaney, Wendell Mobley, and Neil Thrasher and recorded by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It was released on September 5, 2011 as the fourth single from Aldean's 2010 album 'My Kinda Party'.

History and Content



"Tattoos on This Town" is a moderate up-tempo country rock song in which the narrator reflects on the effect growing up in his home town had on him and those he grew up with (friends or significant other is never directly acknowledged) by revisiting events of their lives and expressing them in a metaphoric tattoo on the town and eventually on themselves and who they are. Of the song, Aldean said, "[The song] reminds me of where Im from, and some of the stuff I did when I was growing up. That was one of the things that was appealing about the song when I heard it the first time. Its nice to sing songs like that and tell those stories that make me go back and remember those days of being in high school and doing stuff that you probably should have gotten in trouble for, but luckily you didnt get caught."

Critical reception



The song has received generally positive reviews from music critics. Billy Dukes of 'Taste of Country' gave the song 4.5 out of 5 stars, praising Aldean's performance and comparing the song to many of his previous hits, saying how this song "runs parallel to our own tales of mischief, lost innocence and heartache".

Ben Foster of 'Country Universe' gave the song a B grade, praising the song's lyrical construction, as well as how it "succeeds due to the fact that it rises about the superficial idealization and clich formulas that have bogged down a great deal of Aldeans material".

Music video



The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Wes Edwards. It debuted for download on iTunes on September 20, 2011. It then premiered on YouTube on September 22, and on CMT and GAC on September 26.

The video portrays a young couple's love story, starting from their teenage years, fast-forwarding through marriage and settling down, all the way to the young man's leaving for war. Some time later, his wife is paid a visit by two Marines who inform her about the death of her husband. It then fast-forwards through the young widow's life, in which she attends her husband's funeral and also gives birth to a son. As the video ends, the son, now a young boy (wearing his late father's old cap), throws a stone into the lake near the tree where his parents had carved "I Love You" many years before. Throughout the video, Aldean and his band perform inside an aircraft hangar, filmed in Smyrna, Tennessee.

Chart performance



"Tattoos on This Town" debuted at number 18 on 'Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in 2010 as an album cut based on downloads.

Upon its release as a single, the song debuted at number 59 on the 'Billboard' Hot Country Songs chart the week of August 27, 2011 and peaked at number 2 for six weeks, having been blocked from number one by Zac Brown Band's "Keep Me in Mind", making it his thirteenth top ten hit on this chart. It also debuted at number 81 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 chart the week of October 8, 2011 and has peaked at number 38, his fourth consecutive top 40 hit on this chart and seventh overall. Most recently, it debuted at number 96 on the Canadian Hot 100 and peaked at number 59.

The song has sold 754,000 digital downloads as of May 2, 2012.

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Category:2011 singles

Category:Country ballads

Category:2010s ballads

Category:Jason Aldean songs

Category:Songs written by Neil Thrasher

Category:Songs written by Wendell Mobley

Category:Music videos directed by Wes Edwards

Category:BBR Music Group singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Michael Knox (record producer)

Category:Songs written by Michael Dulaney

Category:2010 songs

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