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| alt = The cover features a man wearing a plaid shirt and cowboy hat, sitting on a picnic table in a forest park, with his left elbow resting on it.
| type = single
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| artist = [[Jon Pardi]]
| artist = [[Jon Pardi]]
| album = [[California Sunrise]]
| album = [[California Sunrise]]
| released = {{Start date|2015|09|14}}
| released = {{Start date|2015|09|14}}
| format = [[Music download|Digital download]]
| recorded = 2015
| recorded = 2015
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| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
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"'''Head Over Boots'''" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist [[Jon Pardi]]. It was released to radio on September 14, 2015 as the lead single to his second studio album, ''[[California Sunrise]]''. The song was written by Pardi and [[Luke Laird]].<ref name="roland">{{cite web|author=Tom Roland |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/6708159/jon-pardi-brings-joy-to-the-job-with-cheery-head-over-boots |title=Jon Pardi Brings Joy to the Job With Cheery 'Head Over Boots' |publisher=Billboard |date=September 28, 2015 |accessdate=December 17, 2015}}</ref> Its Pardi's first number one hit in his career, topping the [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] [[Country Airplay]] chart. It also peaked at numbers 4 and 51 on both the [[Hot Country Songs]] and [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] charts respectively. "Head Over Boots" was [[RIAA certification|certified Platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), and has sold 701,000 copies in that country as of January 2017. The song also charted in Canada, reaching number 2 on the [[Canada Country]] chart and number 64 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] chart. An accompanying music video for the song, directed by Jim Wright, features a band led by Pardi performing for a couple as the former goes through outfit changes and the latter ages as time passes.
"'''Head Over Boots'''" is a song co-written and recorded by American [[country music]] artist [[Jon Pardi]]. It was released to radio on September 14, 2015, as the lead single to his second album ''[[California Sunrise]]'' (2016). The song was written by Pardi and [[Luke Laird]].<ref name="roland">{{cite magazine|first=Tom|last=Roland|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/6708159/jon-pardi-brings-joy-to-the-job-with-cheery-head-over-boots |title=Jon Pardi Brings Joy to the Job With Cheery 'Head Over Boots'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 28, 2015|access-date=December 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227192020/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/6708159/jon-pardi-brings-joy-to-the-job-with-cheery-head-over-boots|archive-date=February 27, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Its Pardi's first number one hit in his career, topping the ''Billboard'' [[Country Airplay]] chart. It also peaked at numbers four and 51 on both the [[Hot Country Songs]] and [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] charts respectively. "Head Over Boots" was certified Platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), and has sold 701,000 copies in that country as of January 2017. The song also charted in Canada, reaching number two on the [[Canada Country]] chart and number 64 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]]. It was certified Platinum by [[Music Canada]], denoting sales of over 80,000 units in that country. An accompanying music video for the song, directed by Jim Wright, features a band led by Pardi performing for a couple as the former goes through outfit changes and the latter ages as time passes.


==Background==
==Background==
The song was written by Pardi and [[Luke Laird]] in January 2015 at Laird's Creative Nation office in Nashville.<ref name="roland"/> According to Pardi, the song was inspired by watching young and old couples dancing in a Texas dance hall, and he wanted to write a song that people could dance to.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7357935/jon-pardi-on-head-over-boots-hit-traditional-country-music-interview |title= 'Head Over Boots' Singer Jon Pardi: 'I'm Helping Country Sound a Little More Country' |date=May 9, 2016 |first=Elias |last=Leigh |work=Billboard }}</ref> The song was produced by Pardi and Bart Butler and recorded at Ocean Way Studios.<ref name="roland"/>
The song was written by Pardi and [[Luke Laird]] in January 2015 at Laird's Creative Nation office in Nashville.<ref name="roland"/> According to Pardi, the song was inspired by watching young and old couples dancing in a Texas dance hall, and he wanted to write a song that people could dance to.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7357935/jon-pardi-on-head-over-boots-hit-traditional-country-music-interview|title='Head Over Boots' Singer Jon Pardi: 'I'm Helping Country Sound a Little More Country'|date=May 9, 2016|access-date=January 29, 2017|first=Elias|last=Leigh|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908041050/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7357935/jon-pardi-on-head-over-boots-hit-traditional-country-music-interview|archive-date=September 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The song was produced by Pardi and Bart Butler and recorded at Ocean Way Studios.<ref name="roland"/>


The song has a moderate shuffle tempo in the key of [[G major]], with a main chord pattern of G-D-Em-C-Cm. Pardi's vocals range from E{{sub|4}} to E{{sub|5}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0165195|title='Head Over Boots' sheet music|work=MusicNotes.com|accessdate=July 27, 2016}}</ref>
The song has a moderate shuffle tempo in the key of [[G major]], with a main chord pattern of G-D-Em-C-Cm. Pardi's vocals range from E{{sub|4}} to E{{sub|5}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0165195|title='Head Over Boots' sheet music|website=MusicNotes.com|date=19 July 2016 |access-date=July 27, 2016}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==


===Critical===
===Critical===
An uncredited review from ''[[Taste of Country]]'' was favorable, saying that it "immediately separates itself from his previous, mostly party-centric cuts" and that the "swinging feel of 'Head Over Boots' is the song's signature. Lyrically the singer and co-writer Luke Laird don't reinvent the love song."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/jon-pardi-head-over-boots/|title=Jon Pardi, ‘Head Over Boots’ [Listen]|date=September 15, 2015|work=[[Taste of Country]]|accessdate=December 29, 2015}}</ref>
An uncredited review from ''[[Taste of Country]]'' was favorable, saying that it "immediately separates itself from his previous, mostly party-centric cuts" and that the "swinging feel of 'Head Over Boots' is the song's signature. Lyrically the singer and co-writer Luke Laird don't reinvent the love song."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/jon-pardi-head-over-boots/|title=Jon Pardi, 'Head Over Boots' [Listen]|date=September 15, 2015|website=[[Taste of Country]]|access-date=December 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112115041/https://tasteofcountry.com/jon-pardi-head-over-boots/|archive-date=January 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' contributor [[Chuck Dauphin]] put "Head Over Boots" at number two on his top 10 list of Pardi's best songs.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/7957126/jon-pardi-songs-best-hits-list|title=Jon Pardi's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks|last=Dauphin|first=Chuck|author-link=Chuck Dauphin|magazine=Billboard|date=October 1, 2017|access-date=May 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523164931/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/7957126/jon-pardi-songs-best-hits-list|archive-date=May 23, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Commercial===
===Commercial===
The song first entered the Country Airplay chart at number 58 dated October 17, 2015 before its official release,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2015-10-17/country-airplay |title=Hot Country Songs |date=October 17, 2015 |work=Billboard }}</ref> and entered the Hot Country Songs chart two weeks later at number 43.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2015-10-31/hot-country-songs |title=Hot Country Songs |date=October 31, 2015 |work=Billboard }}</ref> The song reached number one on the Country Airplay chart dated August 27, 2016, which is Pardi's first number-one hit on that chart.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7476046/country-music-charts-jon-pardi-boots-blake-shelton|title=Jon Pardi's 'Boots' Kicks Up First Country Airplay No. 1|first=Jim |last=Asker |date=August 16, 2016 |work=Billboard}}</ref> It was certified Platinum by the RIAA on September 16, 2016, and double Platinum on September 13, 2018.<ref name="RIAA cert"/> The song has sold 701,000 copies in the United States as of January 2017.<ref name="US sales">{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2017/01/41261-top-30-digital-singles-sales-report-january-3-2017 |title=Top 30 Digital Singles Sales Report: January 3, 2017 |first=Matt |last=Bjorke |date=January 3, 2017 |work=Roughstock }}</ref>
"Head Over Boots" first entered the ''Billboard'' [[Country Airplay]] chart at number 58 dated October 17, 2015 before its official release,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-airplay/2015-10-17|title=Country Airplay: October 17, 2015|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 8, 2016|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027030412/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-airplay/2015-10-17|archive-date=October 27, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and entered the [[Hot Country Songs]] chart two weeks later at number 43.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/2015-10-31|title=Hot Country Songs: October 31, 2015|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 17, 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620225144/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/2015-10-31|archive-date=June 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> It reached number one on the Country Airplay chart dated August 27, 2016, which is Pardi's first number-one hit on that chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7476046/country-music-charts-jon-pardi-boots-blake-Shelton|title=Jon Pardi's 'Boots' Kicks Up First Country Airplay No. 1|first=Jim|last=Asker|magazine=Billboard|date=August 16, 2016|access-date=September 8, 2016|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109092254/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7476046/country-music-charts-jon-pardi-boots-blake-Shelton|archive-date=January 9, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> On the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the single debuted at number 97 for the week of March 19, 2016.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2016-03-19|title=The Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=March 19, 2016|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421184335/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2016-03-19|archive-date=April 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It peaked at number 51 the week of August 13, and stayed on the chart for twenty-four weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2016-08-13|title=The Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=August 13, 2016|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410051225/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2016-08-13|archive-date=April 10, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AC">{{cite web|url=https://acharts.co/song/98149|title=Head Over Boots by Jon Pardi|publisher=aCharts.co|access-date=July 1, 2018}}</ref> It was certified six-times platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) on November 21, 2024.<ref name="RIAA cert"/> The song has sold 701,000 copies in the United States as of January 2017.<ref name="US sales">{{cite news|url=http://roughstock.com/news/2017/01/41261-top-30-digital-singles-sales-report-january-3-2017|title=Top 30 Digital Singles Sales Report: January 3, 2017|first=Matt|last=Bjorke|date=January 3, 2017|access-date=January 29, 2017|work=Roughstock|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701073646/http://roughstock.com/news/2017/01/41261-top-30-digital-singles-sales-report-january-3-2017|archive-date=July 1, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>


In Canada, it debuted at number 96 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart dated July 2, 2016,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2016-07-02 |title=Canadian Hot 100: July 2, 2016 |work=Billboard |accessdate=July 1, 2018}}</ref> peaking at number 61 on the week of September 3,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2016-09-03 |title=Canadian Hot 100: September 3, 2016 |work=Billboard |accessdate=July 1, 2018}}</ref> and stayed on the chart for thirteen weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://acharts.co/song/98149 |title=Head Over Boots by Jon Pardi |publisher=aCharts.co |accessdate=July 1, 2018}}</ref>
In Canada, it debuted at number 96 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] chart dated July 2, 2016,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2016-07-02|title=Canadian Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=July 2, 2016|access-date=July 1, 2018|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325050328/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2016-07-02|archive-date=March 25, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> peaking at number 61 on the week of September 3,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2016-09-03|title=Canadian Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=September 3, 2016|access-date=July 1, 2018|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423070408/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2016-09-03|archive-date=April 23, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and stayed on the chart for thirteen weeks.<ref name="AC"/> The track was certified platinum by [[Music Canada]] on November 29, 2016.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Canada|type=single|title=Head Over Boots|artist=Jon Pardi}}


==Music video==
==Music video==
The music video was directed by Jim Wright and premiered in April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Head Over Boots – Jon Pardi|url=http://www.vevo.com/watch/jon-pardi/Head-Over-Boots/USUV71600024|website=[[Vevo]]|accessdate=April 12, 2016}}</ref> The video features Jon Pardi fronting a band whose outfit changes through time, from that of an old school honky tonk band to more modern ones, playing music that serves as background to the life of a couple from their courtship to old age.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/see-jon-pardis-throwback-head-over-boots-video-20160412 |title=See Jon Pardi's Throwback 'Head Over Boots' Video |first= Andrew |last=Leahey |date=April 12, 2016 |work=Rolling Stone }}</ref>
The music video was directed by Jim Wright and premiered in April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Head Over Boots – Jon Pardi|url=http://www.vevo.com/watch/jon-pardi/Head-Over-Boots/USUV71600024|website=[[Vevo]]|access-date=April 12, 2016}}</ref> The video features Jon Pardi fronting a band whose outfit changes through time, from that of an old school honky tonk band to more modern ones, playing music that serves as background to the life of a couple from their courtship to old age.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/see-jon-pardis-throwback-head-over-boots-video-155602/|title=See Jon Pardi's Throwback 'Head Over Boots' Video|first=Andrew|last=Leahey|date=April 12, 2016|access-date=January 17, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117225030/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/see-jon-pardis-throwback-head-over-boots-video-155602/|archive-date=January 17, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Live performance==
On July 7, 2016, Pardi performed the song live on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/video/jon-pardi-performs-head-over-boots-live-on-today-720391747579|title=Jon Pardi performs 'Head Over Boots' live on Today|publisher=Today|date=July 7, 2016|access-date=May 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160710001605/https://www.today.com/video/jon-pardi-performs-head-over-boots-live-on-today-720391747579|archive-date=July 10, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode|title=Episode 482|series=Today|network=[[NBC]]|airdate=July 7, 2016}}</ref>


==Charts and certifications==
==Charts and certifications==
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===Certifications and sales===
===Certifications and sales===
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Latest revision as of 18:35, 21 November 2024

"Head Over Boots"
The cover features a man wearing a plaid shirt and cowboy hat, sitting on a picnic table in a forest park, with his left elbow resting on it.
Single by Jon Pardi
from the album California Sunrise
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2015 (2015-09-14)
Recorded2015
GenreCountry
Length3:25
LabelCapitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bart Butler
  • Jon Pardi
Jon Pardi singles chronology
"When I've Been Drinkin'"
(2014)
"Head Over Boots"
(2015)
"Dirt on My Boots"
(2016)

"Head Over Boots" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Jon Pardi. It was released to radio on September 14, 2015, as the lead single to his second album California Sunrise (2016). The song was written by Pardi and Luke Laird.[1] Its Pardi's first number one hit in his career, topping the Billboard Country Airplay chart. It also peaked at numbers four and 51 on both the Hot Country Songs and Hot 100 charts respectively. "Head Over Boots" was certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has sold 701,000 copies in that country as of January 2017. The song also charted in Canada, reaching number two on the Canada Country chart and number 64 on the Canadian Hot 100. It was certified Platinum by Music Canada, denoting sales of over 80,000 units in that country. An accompanying music video for the song, directed by Jim Wright, features a band led by Pardi performing for a couple as the former goes through outfit changes and the latter ages as time passes.

Background

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The song was written by Pardi and Luke Laird in January 2015 at Laird's Creative Nation office in Nashville.[1] According to Pardi, the song was inspired by watching young and old couples dancing in a Texas dance hall, and he wanted to write a song that people could dance to.[2] The song was produced by Pardi and Bart Butler and recorded at Ocean Way Studios.[1]

The song has a moderate shuffle tempo in the key of G major, with a main chord pattern of G-D-Em-C-Cm. Pardi's vocals range from E4 to E5.[3]

Reception

[edit]

Critical

[edit]

An uncredited review from Taste of Country was favorable, saying that it "immediately separates itself from his previous, mostly party-centric cuts" and that the "swinging feel of 'Head Over Boots' is the song's signature. Lyrically the singer and co-writer Luke Laird don't reinvent the love song."[4] In 2017, Billboard contributor Chuck Dauphin put "Head Over Boots" at number two on his top 10 list of Pardi's best songs.[5]

Commercial

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"Head Over Boots" first entered the Billboard Country Airplay chart at number 58 dated October 17, 2015 before its official release,[6] and entered the Hot Country Songs chart two weeks later at number 43.[7] It reached number one on the Country Airplay chart dated August 27, 2016, which is Pardi's first number-one hit on that chart.[8] On the Billboard Hot 100, the single debuted at number 97 for the week of March 19, 2016.[9] It peaked at number 51 the week of August 13, and stayed on the chart for twenty-four weeks.[10][11] It was certified six-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 21, 2024.[12] The song has sold 701,000 copies in the United States as of January 2017.[13]

In Canada, it debuted at number 96 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart dated July 2, 2016,[14] peaking at number 61 on the week of September 3,[15] and stayed on the chart for thirteen weeks.[11] The track was certified platinum by Music Canada on November 29, 2016.[16]

Music video

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The music video was directed by Jim Wright and premiered in April 2016.[17] The video features Jon Pardi fronting a band whose outfit changes through time, from that of an old school honky tonk band to more modern ones, playing music that serves as background to the life of a couple from their courtship to old age.[18]

Live performance

[edit]

On July 7, 2016, Pardi performed the song live on NBC's Today.[19][20]

Charts and certifications

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Roland, Tom (September 28, 2015). "Jon Pardi Brings Joy to the Job With Cheery 'Head Over Boots'". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Leigh, Elias (May 9, 2016). "'Head Over Boots' Singer Jon Pardi: 'I'm Helping Country Sound a Little More Country'". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  3. ^ "'Head Over Boots' sheet music". MusicNotes.com. 19 July 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
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