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"Hillbilly Bone" is an up-tempo country song, backed primarily by [[electric guitar]]. It has a theme of rural pride, in which the narrators state that one does not have to be from the [[Southern United States]] to enjoy the same pastimes as someone who is ("We all got a hillbilly bone down deep inside").<ref name="weekly2"/> |
"Hillbilly Bone" is an up-tempo country song, backed primarily by [[electric guitar]]. It has a theme of rural pride, in which the narrators state that one does not have to be from the [[Southern United States|South]] or [[Appalachia]] to enjoy the same pastimes as someone who is ("We all got a hillbilly bone down deep inside").<ref name="weekly2"/> |
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[[Craig Wiseman]] and Luke Laird wrote "Hillbilly Bone" during a songwriting session in which neither of them were able to come up with a song idea. Laird then began performing an improvised [[rap music|rap]] as a joke. After Laird wrote the opening couplet "Yeah, I got a friend in New York City / He's never heard of [[Conway Twitty]]," the two finished the song within two hours.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Conaway|first=Alanna|date=19 April 2010|title=Story Behind the Song: Conway Twitty + New York City = "Hillbilly Bone"|journal=Country Weekly|volume=17|issue=16|pages=16|issn=1074-3235}}</ref> |
[[Craig Wiseman]] and Luke Laird wrote "Hillbilly Bone" during a songwriting session in which neither of them were able to come up with a song idea. Laird then began performing an improvised [[rap music|rap]] as a joke. After Laird wrote the opening couplet "Yeah, I got a friend in New York City / He's never heard of [[Conway Twitty]]," the two finished the song within two hours.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Conaway|first=Alanna|date=19 April 2010|title=Story Behind the Song: Conway Twitty + New York City = "Hillbilly Bone"|journal=Country Weekly|volume=17|issue=16|pages=16|issn=1074-3235}}</ref> |
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"Hillbilly Bone" is the title of a song written by Luke Laird and Craig Wiseman, and recorded by American country artist Blake Shelton for his extended play Hillbilly Bone. The song features guest vocals from Trace Adkins, and its chart run overlapped with his singles "All I Ask For Anymore" and "Ala-Freakin-Bama."
The song won the 2010 Academy of Country Music award for "Vocal Event of the Year," giving Shelton his first Academy of Country Music award. Adkins included the song on the deluxe edition of his album, Cowboy's Back in Town, which was released on August 17, 2010.
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"Hillbilly Bone" is an up-tempo country song, backed primarily by electric guitar. It has a theme of rural pride, in which the narrators state that one does not have to be from the South or Appalachia to enjoy the same pastimes as someone who is ("We all got a hillbilly bone down deep inside").[1]
Craig Wiseman and Luke Laird wrote "Hillbilly Bone" during a songwriting session in which neither of them were able to come up with a song idea. Laird then began performing an improvised rap as a joke. After Laird wrote the opening couplet "Yeah, I got a friend in New York City / He's never heard of Conway Twitty," the two finished the song within two hours.[2]
History
Shelton said that he was listening to a demo disc in his car, and when he first heard the demo for "Hillbilly Bone," he did not think that it was suitable for him, so he skipped to the next song on the disc. Later on, when the disc restarted, Shelton said that the demo "hit [him] way better" the second time he heard it, and that he liked it more each subsequent time that he listened to it.[3] Shelton also thought that it sounded "like something Trace Adkins would cut," and asked producer Scott Hendricks to bring Adkins in to sing it as a duet.[3]
Reception
The song has been met with generally positive reception from music critics. Tara Seetharam of Country Universe gave the song a B rating, saying that it "is a novelty song through and through, but it's catchy and dynamic, and it laughs at itself." She also wrote that Shelton and Adkins were a "interesting combination of voices and attitude."[4] Country Weekly reviewer Chris Neal gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five, comparing it positively to other similarly-themed songs about rural pride: "[A]t a moment when most of these 'I'm-so-country' songs take a sharply superior attitude toward urbanity, this song says we're all essentially alike[.]" He also thought that Shelton's and Adkins' voices contrasted well.[1] Bobby Peacock, writing for Roughstock, also said that it it was "way more tolerable than almost any other in the recent deluge of like-themed songs" and described the "high-low harmony" of Adkins' and Shelton's voices favorably.[5] 411 Mania reviewer Mark Ingoldsby was less positive, giving the song one star out of five, calling it "one more dopey collection of textbook southern culture icons and expressions that is completely predictable and painfully cliché."[6]
Music video
The video, which was directed by Roman White, premiered on CMT on October 31, 2009.[7] In the video, Shelton and Adkins enter a fine dining restaurant, appearing out-of-place in their cowboy hats and jeans. The other diners at first appear skeptic, but after Shelton and Adkins begin singing they become interested. Eventually, everyone in the restaurant is up and dancing, while Shelton and Adkins perform. The video was filmed at the Stockyard Restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee.[8]
Chart performance
"Hillbilly Bone" debuted at #51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, while Adkins' own single "All I Ask For Anymore" was still charting. It has become Shelton's sixteenth Top 40 single on the country charts, as well as Adkins' twenty-eighth. The song also debuted at #65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for the chart week of January 9, 2010. It became Shelton's sixth Number One and Adkins' fourth Number One on the chart week of March 27, 2010.
| Chart (2009-2010) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 40 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 84 |
References
- ^ a b Neal, Chris (2009-11-30). "Reviews — Singles". Country Weekly. 16 (42): 45. ISSN 1074-3235.
- ^ Conaway, Alanna (19 April 2010). "Story Behind the Song: Conway Twitty + New York City = "Hillbilly Bone"". Country Weekly. 17 (16): 16. ISSN 1074-3235.
- ^ a b Tucker, Ken (8 March 2010). "Same as He Ever Was: Blake Shelton hasn't changed, but he has become more comfortable with who he is and where he's going". Country Weekly. 17 (10): 36–40. ISSN 1074-3235.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Seetharam, Tara. "Review: Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins — "Hillbilly Bone"". Country Universe. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
{{cite web}}: Text "date-2009-10-27" ignored (help) - ^ Peacock, Bobby (2009-11-30). "Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins — "Hillbilly Bone"". Roughstock. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
- ^ Ingoldsby, Mark (23 March 2010). "Under the Scalpel 03.25.10: Lil Wayne & Eminem, Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins, Julian Velard". 411 Mania. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ CMT Videos: Music Binge - 10.31.09 : Hillbilly Bone
- ^ "Stockyard Restaurant". 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2010-01-04.