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Play Something Country
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Wikipedia article
"'Play Something Country'" is a song recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn, co-written by Ronnie Dunn and Terry McBride. It was released in June 2005, as the first single from the duo's album 'Hillbilly Deluxe'. In September of that year, the song reached the top of the 'Billboard' Hot Country Songs charts, becoming the twentieth and final Number One hit of the duo's career.
Background and writing
The idea came to Dunn after a show in Minnesota. According to McBride, who played bass guitar in Brooks & Dunn's road band, Dunn "comes busting onto the bus and says, 'how about this idea?' and he howls that 'ah oooh, aw, play something country!'" Inspired by Gretchen Wilson, with whom they had been touring, McBride and Dunn decided to base the song's central character on Wilson's image, creating a "ballsy chick that bursts into the barroom, puts her hand on her hip [] and goes, 'play something country!'" After McBride told Wilson that she was the inspiration for "Play Something Country," Wilson replied that she loved the song.
Content
"Play Something Country" is an up-tempo song backed by electric guitar and a horn section. Its lyrics are the narrator's description of a female character who wants to hear country music.
Music video
The music video was directed by Michael Salomon and premiered in mid-2005. It shows the duo performing the song in a bar with a full band, and Ronnie Dunn as a bar patron singing the song. It also shows a sassy country chick dancing and interacting with the bar patrons. At one point, she is seen using a lasso to grab one bar patron (played by NY actor Rob Findlay), then riding on his back as if he was a horse. Another scene shows her standing before the DJ and grabbing his record off his turntable, forcing him to "Play something country."
Chart positions
"Play Something Country" debuted at number 37 on the U.S. 'Billboard' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of June 4, 2005. On the chart dated September 17, 2005, it became the twentieth and final Number One single of Brooks & Dunn's career.
Year-end charts
References
Category:Songs about country music
Category:2005 singles
Category:Brooks & Dunn songs
Category:Songs written by Ronnie Dunn
Category:Songs written by Terry McBride (musician)
Category:Music videos directed by Michael Salomon
Category:Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer)
Category:Arista Nashville singles
Category:2005 songs
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