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Honey Bee (Blake Shelton song)

"Honey Bee"
Blake Shelton - Honey Bee Lyrics.jpg
Single by Blake Shelton
from the album Red River Blue
Released April 4, 2011 (2011-04-04)
Format Music download
Genre Country
Length 3:30
Label Reprise Nashville
Writer(s) Rhett Akins
Ben Hayslip
Producer(s) Scott Hendricks
Blake Shelton singles chronology
"Who Are You When I'm Not Looking"
(2010)
"Honey Bee"
(2011)
"God Gave Me You"
(2011)

"Honey Bee" is a song written by Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip, and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released in April 2011 as the first single from his sixth studio album Red River Blue. On November 30, the song received a Nomination in 54th Grammy Awards for Best Country Solo Performance, but lost to Taylor Swift's "Mean".

Blake Shelton debuted "Honey Bee" at the Academy of Country Music awards telecast on April 3, 2011, where he also sang "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking". "Honey Bee" was released to digital retailers immediately after the broadcast.

Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip, two-thirds of the "Peach Pickers" writing ensemble, wrote the song. Akins said that he first thought of writing a song called "Huckleberry" after seeing an article in Billboard magazine about former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee. He then changed the word to "honeysuckle", and came up with the line "You be my honeysuckle / I'll be your honey bee." Akins said that he thought that "it was a different way for the guy to say, 'we should date, I love you.'"

The music video premiered on NBC.com on May 10, 2011. It was filmed in California, and directed by Trey Fanjoy.

The video features Shelton stopping at a roadside stand, where a young woman (portrayed by Amra Silajdžić) is selling honey and other related products. Shelton purchases a jar of "Tupelo Honey" from the seller. Shelton frequently returns to the stand, buying more and more products (which, as the video changes scenes from the stand to Shelton's living room, the room becomes more and more filled with products from the stand), until one day he passes the stand and sees an "out of business" sign. The seller approaches with another sign ("Sorry, out of honey") and Shelton finally gets her to come with him.


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