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Barefoot Blue Jean Night
NASHVILLE, TN – RCA Nashville hit maker Jake Owen captures his way of life as a Florida native and the spirit of summer with his new single, “Barefoot Blue Jean Night,” and the immediate reaction to the song suggests he’s right on track. As of its official airplay impact date on Monday, “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” was grooving the playlists of 65 chart-reporting country stations, breaking into Billboard Hot Country Songs Top 40 this week at #36. Released as a digital single on April 12, fan excitement has propelled “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” onto Billboard’s Country Digital Songs chart with first-week sales of over 20,000 downloads according to Nielsen SoundScan.
“When we recorded ‘Barefoot Blue Jean Night,’ I was really looking forward to summertime,” says Jake. “This song has that nostalgic feeling of growing up, running around barefoot and feeling free. It doesn’t matter whether you grew up along the coast, on the lake or in the country, most everyone remembers that feeling. Hopefully, ‘Barefoot Blue Jean Night’ will bring a little bit of summer into people’s lives.”
Critics are already praising Jake and “Barefoot Blue Jean Night”:
Music Row Magazine’s Robert K. Oermann proclaims, “I have always liked this guy. This time out, he deploys a male cheering section, finger snaps, crashing percussion, rippling banjo and a restlessly jangling guitar to shout out a summer party anthem. Irresistible.”
Jim Asker with All Access says: “‘Barefoot Blue Jean Night’ is this talented artist's best song so far. In fact, it will be one of the best songs this year–a big up-tempo sing-along anthem from Jake that we're no doubt going to hear blasting from backyard BBQ's all summer long.”
Jake will also be bringing a big blast of new music into people’s lives all summer long, as he joins superstar Keith Urban as a special guest on the U.S. leg of Urban’s “Get Closer 2011 World Tour,” beginning June 16.
“We are so lucky to be going out on the Keith Urban tour,” says Jake. “I am excited for the fans to hear some new songs from the new record. And while we are out on tour, I really want to celebrate summertime so I’m going to try to pull my boat behind my bus. I have a Malibu, which is a great wakeboarding boat, and I really want to spend my days out in the sun, meeting people and hanging out.”
“Barefoot Blue Jean Night” is the first single from Jake’s forthcoming third album, due in stores late summer, with tracks produced by Joey Moi (Nickelback) and Rodney Clawson (co-writer of such hits as “I Saw God Today,” “Lost in This Moment”), as well as GRAMMY® award-winning producer Tony Brown.
Complete tour dates and much more are online at www.jakeowen.net.
Comments
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:43 PM, LoveYaLoveYaLoveYa said:
It doesn't sound like you got to bring your MALIBU BOATS on tour with you this summer as you had hoped? Maybe if your Bus makes it back to Nashville with you on longer breaks , you may be able to hitch the boat up and still take it with you sometimes? I know how you love to Wakeboard and hang out with fans ;)
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:57 AM, richard said:
every time i hear this song i think man jakes done it again .another great song to add to my playlist.
yyyeeeehhhhaaaawwww
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:00 PM, mel524 said:
Looove it!!
On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 3:18 PM, LoveYaLoveYaLoveYa said:
When you have Tony Brown interested in helping you how can you lose? Woo Hoo!!!
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:16 PM, luv2wake2jake said:
jake love thos song so much hope to see you on the water some ware this summer kim and eric
On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 3:14 PM, LoveYaLoveYaLoveYa said:
When I heard Jake's "Barefoot, Blue Jean Night" for the 1st time on the Radio in Stereo and not just through my pc speakers I was blown away and so proud and Happy for Jake I actually started to cry. Some of us have come so far with Jake and while he has had some great songs out... nothing compares in my book to what I think this song will do for Jake. It is amazing and I see a good many people, Radio and Critics think so too!!! Best of luck Jake and I truly hope it makes it to #1 where it deserves to be!
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Melissa WV said:
I Just heard Barefoot Blue Jean Night for the first time on the radio!! It was music to my ears. =) This song puts me in a GREAT mood instantly. Jake your the Best!! Take Care. Melissa
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 8:03 AM, LH2 said:
Yeah!!! Can't wait til summer ~ LOVE this song!! Great job Jake:)
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 7:15 AM, njolson said:
Yay for Jake....hope it goes to Number 1!!!!
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 9:07 PM, JOgrammy said:
So glad to know that Jake's new song is climbing the charts. It's a great song for summertime. We are looking forward to see you out on the road finally in Northwestern PA at the Warren Co Fair this summer :)
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