Boys 'Round Here
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| Single by Blake Shelton featuring Pistol Annies and friends | |||||||||
| from the album Based on a True Story… | |||||||||
| Released | March 26, 2013 | ||||||||
| Format | Digital download | ||||||||
| Recorded | 2013 | ||||||||
| Genre | Country | ||||||||
| Length | 4:48 3:48 (radio edit) |
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| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | ||||||||
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| Producer(s) | Scott Hendricks | ||||||||
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"Boys 'Round Here" is a song written by Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, and Craig Wiseman and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released in 2013 as the second single from his seventh studio album, Based on a True Story…
The song is a celebration of Southern life. It is in the key of A major with an approximate tempo of 84 beats per minute and a chord pattern of A-D. Its verses are largely spoken-word.
It features backing vocals from several people associated with Shelton: the Pistol Annies, a group featuring Shelton's then wife, Miranda Lambert; RaeLynn, a contestant on The Voice, on which Shelton is a judge; co-writers Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson and Craig Wiseman; and producer Scott Hendricks. Co-writer Craig Wiseman said that the opening line "The boys 'round here don't listen to The Beatles" came from Davidson, who made the remark after seeing Beatles memorabilia in Wiseman's office. After Davidson said the word "redneck", Wiseman decided to "[chop] it up into short pieces" to create the "red, red, red, red, red, red, redneck" heard in the opening. Of the song's theme, Wiseman said that he felt it was an example of "write what you know" despite criticism of songs which use similar Southern themes.
Shelton said of the song, "That song had me from the first, ‘cause I thought about all the guys I know back in Tishamingo [sic]. None of them listened to The Beatles. They listened to Hank, or these days you’ll hear Jason Aldean blaring out of somebody’s car coming from a mile away. It’s just how they are, and that song is just written exactly how I live."
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