^ "Ludacris to Go Country With Jason Aldean at CMT Music Awards!"."Jason Aldean Throws 'My Kinda Party' in November". ^ "CMT.com : Brantley Gilbert : Album".As of April 2014, it has sold 4,027,000 copies in the US. By March 2014, the song has sold over four million digital downloads, making it then the seventh best-selling country song in the US, and the best-selling song by male country solo artist in digital history. In September 2011, the song became the first for a male solo country artist to top the two million mark in digital sales. It also debuted at number 92 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart for the week of May 28, 2011. It has since become his first top 10 hit on that chart, and the highest-charting single of his career. It also debuted at number 68 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of April 23, 2011.
The song later became Aldean's sixth number one hit on the Hot Country Songs chart the week of July 30, 2011. "Dirt Road Anthem" had reached a peak of number 49 before being released as a single in April 2011. The song debuted at number 57 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the chart week dated February 5, 2011, as an album cut from unsolicited airplay. The laundromat that is driven by is in Old Hickory proper. Some scenes were in or near Rayon City but it is actually a part of Old Hickory. The twin bridges are crossing the Cumberland River, and the factory scene, railroad beds and small town were filmed around Rayon City. The video for "Dirt Road Anthem" was filmed around Old Hickory, Tennessee (a suburb of Nashville). The video was entirely shot in black-and-white, portraying Aldean driving a Ram pickup truck through the countryside and stopping at a clearance where he reminisces of his teenage years of partying with friends around a campfire. The music video for "Dirt Road Anthem", directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions, premiered Jon CMT. Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave "Dirt Road Anthem" a 4.5 star rating, saying "Jason Aldean knows he’s not a rapper and this isn’t a style of music that he’ll continuously do.but as for a new song with a different sound, it certainly works." Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a D grade, using heavy sarcasm to acknowledge that the song's content followed tired, formulaic patterns often used in other country songs. "Dirt Road Anthem" has received overall mixed reception from music critics.
Promotional single by Jason Aldean featuring LudacrisĬolt Ford and Brantley Gilbert released a revisited version of their original recording, featuring a third verse of rapping by Gilbert. The song is written in the key of D major with a tempo of 63 beats per minute. He continued by saying, ".if I was to do anything like that, it's not going to be like Kanye West-style or anything."
Īccording 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. Gilbert later recorded a revisited version of the song for his 2010 album Halfway to Heaven with Ford on guest vocals. The song expresses country pride, southern values, and remembering good times from the past.Ĭountry rapper Colt Ford originally recorded the song for his 2008 album Ride Through the Country, with Brantley Gilbert singing vocals on the chorus. "Dirt Road Anthem" is a mid-tempo country rap song.
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