Dirt Road Anthem
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| Single by Jason Aldean | ||||||||||
| from the album My Kinda Party | ||||||||||
| Released | April 4, 2011 | |||||||||
| Format | Digital download | |||||||||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||||||||
| Genre | Country rap | |||||||||
| Length | 3:50 | |||||||||
| Label | Broken Bow | |||||||||
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| Producer(s) | Michael Knox | |||||||||
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"Dirt Road Anthem" cover
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| Promotional single by Jason Aldean featuring Ludacris | |
| Released | June 9, 2011 |
| Format | Digital download |
| Genre | Country rap |
| Length | 3:52 |
| Label | Broken Bow |
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| Producer(s) | Michael Knox |
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| Song by Brantley Gilbert and Colt Ford from the album Halfway to Heaven (Deluxe Edition) | |
| Genre | Country rap |
| Length | 4:38 |
| Label | Average Joe's Entertainment |
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"Dirt Road Anthem" is a country rap song written by American artists Colt Ford and Brantley Gilbert (who also wrote Aldean's hit "My Kinda Party"), each of whom recorded his own version of the song. Jason Aldean covered the song for his 2010 album My Kinda Party, and released it as the third single from the album in April 2011. The song debuted as a single as Aldean's previous single, "Don't You Wanna Stay", was currently at the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. On November 30, the song received a Nomination in 54th Grammy Awards for Best Country Solo Performance. It is the best-selling song in digital history by a male country solo artist in the United States with over 4 million sold.
"Dirt Road Anthem" is a mid-tempo song, styled as country rap. The song expresses country pride, southern values, and remembering good times from the past.
Country rapper Colt Ford originally recorded the song for his 2008 album Ride Through the Country, with Brantley Gilbert singing vocals on the chorus. Gilbert later recorded a revisited version of the song for his 2010 album Halfway to Heaven.
According to The Boot, Aldean's publicist teased about the song, suggesting Aldean listened to "a little Snoop Dogg in his time"; regarding the song, Aldean said he did not consider "Dirt Road Anthem" a rap song. He continued by saying, "...if I was to do anything like that, it's not going to be like Kanye West-style or anything."
At the 2011 CMT Music Awards, Aldean performed the song with guest rapper Ludacris, who joined Aldean onstage after the second chorus to perform his own hip hop-style second verse. On picking Ludacris for the collaboration, Aldean said, "...even though our music is totally different, our roots are the same. We both know about hot Georgia summers and cooling off with a six pack or two. It wasn't that much of a stretch." A remixed studio version featuring Ludacris was released for digital download through iTunes on June 9, 2011.
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