Someone I Used to Know
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| Single by Zac Brown Band | ||||
| from the album The Owl | ||||
| Released | November 9, 2018 | |||
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| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Label | BBR | |||
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"Someone I Used to Know" is a song by American country music band Zac Brown Band. As a single from their sixth studio album The Owl. The song was written by Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Ben Simonetti, Andrew Watt, Shawn Mendes and produced by Andrew Watt and Happy Perez.
Background
[edit | edit source]The song was co-written by Shawn Mendes, with whom the band got acquainted during their performance on CMT Crossroads. Zac said: "Shawn is an incredibly talented artist and it's been exciting to watch his career rise over the past few years. We've had fun collaborating together, this Crossroads will be very special with huge vocals and musicality. It will be unexpected and something that both sets of fans will enjoy."[2]
Music video
[edit | edit source]The music video was uploaded on December 21, 2018, directed by Phillip R Lopez. The video told a story about a high school football star who enlists, goes to war and returns with post-traumatic stress disorder, and it opened with a vivid sex scene and featured an interlude in which the main character and his fellow troops are attacked while on patrol. Upon his return home, he struggles with relationships, employment and his underlying PTSD.[3]
Commercial performance
[edit | edit source]The song has sold 90,000 copies in the United States as of October 2019.[4]
Live performance
[edit | edit source]On June 5, 2019, Zac Brown Band performed the song on CMT Music Awards[5]
Charts
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References
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- ^ "Zac Brown Band Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ "Zac Brown Band Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ "Zac Brown Band Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ "Zac Brown Band Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
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