"Buy Me a Boat" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Chris Janson. It is Janson's fourth single release overall and the lead single from his debut studio album of the same name. The song was written by Janson and Chris DuBois.
The song has a male narrator expressing the fact that "money can't buy happiness / but it can buy me a boat" and other recreational items.
On writing the song, Janson told Billboard that "I didn't pull any influence from anywhere except the stuff that I loved. The song came so quick and it felt so right and easy and we did it. I'll be the first to tell you that I don't know what a hit is. There was a special feeling and the song had that something, whatever that is... but we didn’t want to jinx it. It wasn’t a big plan where we were scheming behind the scenes. This is real."[2]
Historyedit
Janson's previous label, Bigger Picture Music Group, closed in May 2014. After its closure, he self-released "Buy Me a Boat" to iTunes on March 20, 2015.[3] The song gained attention after it received some radio airplay on the Bobby Bones Show the day of its release, sending the song to the top of iTunes country chart.[4] The song also received a boost from Toby Keith who tweeted his support to his fans.[3] On the strength of its performance, Janson became signed to Warner Bros. Records Nashville, and the song was re-released as a single.[5] The single was selected by iHeartMedia for their "On The Verge" program that showcased new artists, giving the song airplay on 140 country radio stations for six weeks, starting May 4, 2015.[6]
Critical receptionedit
An uncredited review from Taste of Country praised the "sharp lines" of the song and the prominent electric guitar in the production, in addition to saying that "[t]he mellow country-rocker is the sort of blue collar hero song that gets released every spring, but it comes across with sincerity sorely lacking from many others."[7]
Commercial performanceedit
Based purely on radioplay by Bobby Bones and word of mouth, the song reached No. 1 on the iTunes country chart over the weekend the song was played, selling 21,000 copies in three days.[8] It debuted on the Country Digital Songs chart at No. 8 and Hot Country Songs at No. 33.[9] The song was re-released in late April 2015, and debuted on the Country Airplay chart at No. 60 (chart date May 16, 2015). It topped the Most Increased Audience and Most Added radio chart in its second week of release, jumping from No. 60 to No. 29 in the Country Airplay chart.[10] After climbing up the radioplay chart, the song debuted on the BillboardHot 100 at 92 for the chart dated June 13, 2015. The song peaked at No. 41 on the Hot 100 for the chart of September 12, 2015, and two weeks later at No. 3 on the Country Airplay chart and No. 2 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
The song was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 14, 2015, and Platinum on December 10, 2015.[11] The song reached its million sales mark in August 2016.[12] and has sold 1,084,000 copies in the United States as of November 2016.[13]
Music videoedit
The television network Country Music Television (CMT) financed and produced the song's music video, the first music video ever financed by the network itself. The video also features Nashville superstar actor Charles Esten.[14]
^"Canadian single certifications – Chris Janson – Buy Me a Boat". Music Canada.
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Buy Me a Boat is a song co written and recorded by American country music singer Chris Janson It is Janson s fourth single release overall and the lead single from his debut studio album of the same name The song was written by Janson and Chris DuBois Buy Me a Boat Single by Chris Jansonfrom the album Buy Me a BoatReleasedMarch 20 2015 2015 03 20 GenreCountryLength2 59LabelWarner Bros NashvilleSongwriter s Chris JansonChris DuBois 1 Producer s Chris JansonChris DuBoisBrent Anderson 1 Chris Janson singles chronology Cut Me Some Slack 2013 Buy Me a Boat 2015 Power of Positive Drinkin 2015 Alternate cover Contents 1 Content 2 History 3 Critical reception 4 Commercial performance 5 Music video 6 Charts and certifications 6 1 Weekly charts 6 2 Year end charts 6 3 Certifications 7 ReferencesContent editThe song has a male narrator expressing the fact that money can t buy happiness but it can buy me a boat and other recreational items On writing the song Janson told Billboard that I didn t pull any influence from anywhere except the stuff that I loved The song came so quick and it felt so right and easy and we did it I ll be the first to tell you that I don t know what a hit is There was a special feeling and the song had that something whatever that is but we didn t want to jinx it It wasn t a big plan where we were scheming behind the scenes This is real 2 History editJanson s previous label Bigger Picture Music Group closed in May 2014 After its closure he self released Buy Me a Boat to iTunes on March 20 2015 3 The song gained attention after it received some radio airplay on the Bobby Bones Show the day of its release sending the song to the top of iTunes country chart 4 The song also received a boost from Toby Keith who tweeted his support to his fans 3 On the strength of its performance Janson became signed to Warner Bros Records Nashville and the song was re released as a single 5 The single was selected by iHeartMedia for their On The Verge program that showcased new artists giving the song airplay on 140 country radio stations for six weeks starting May 4 2015 6 Critical reception editAn uncredited review from Taste of Country praised the sharp lines of the song and the prominent electric guitar in the production in addition to saying that t he mellow country rocker is the sort of blue collar hero song that gets released every spring but it comes across with sincerity sorely lacking from many others 7 Commercial performance editBased purely on radioplay by Bobby Bones and word of mouth the song reached No 1 on the iTunes country chart over the weekend the song was played selling 21 000 copies in three days 8 It debuted on the Country Digital Songs chart at No 8 and Hot Country Songs at No 33 9 The song was re released in late April 2015 and debuted on the Country Airplay chart at No 60 chart date May 16 2015 It topped the Most Increased Audience and Most Added radio chart in its second week of release jumping from No 60 to No 29 in the Country Airplay chart 10 After climbing up the radioplay chart the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at 92 for the chart dated June 13 2015 The song peaked at No 41 on the Hot 100 for the chart of September 12 2015 and two weeks later at No 3 on the Country Airplay chart and No 2 on the Hot Country Songs chart The song was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 14 2015 and Platinum on December 10 2015 11 The song reached its million sales mark in August 2016 12 and has sold 1 084 000 copies in the United States as of November 2016 13 Music video editThe television network Country Music Television CMT financed and produced the song s music video the first music video ever financed by the network itself The video also features Nashville superstar actor Charles Esten 14 Charts and certifications editWeekly charts edit Chart 2015 PeakpositionCanada Canadian Hot 100 15 50Canada Country Billboard 16 2US Billboard Hot 100 17 41US Country Airplay Billboard 18 3US Hot Country Songs Billboard 19 2Year end charts edit Chart 2015 PositionUS Country Airplay Billboard 20 26US Hot Country Songs Billboard 21 8 Certifications edit Region Certification Certified units salesCanada Music Canada 22 Platinum 80 000 United States RIAA 11 4 Platinum 1 084 000 13 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References edit a b Matt Bjorke March 23 2015 Chris Janson Buy Me A Boat Roughstock Chuck Dauphin April 3 2015 Chris Janson Talks About Buy A Boat the Song He s Always Wanted to Make Billboard a b Chris Janson s Boat Launches with A Push from Bobby Bones PDF Billboard Archived from the original PDF on 2015 04 05 Retrieved 2015 06 15 Joseph Hudak March 23 2015 How Unknown and Unsigned Artist Chris Janson Dominated iTunes Rolling Stone Matt Bjorke April 23 2015 Chris Janson Signs To Warner Bros Records Roughstock Jessica Nicholson April 23 2015 Warner Music Nashville Signs Chris Janson Music Row Chris Janson Buy Me a Boat Listen Matt Bjorke March 25 2015 Country Music s Top 30 Digital Singles Week of March 25 2015 Roughstock Gary Trust March 26 2015 Chris Janson s Boat Launches on Hot Country Songs With Pushes From Bobby Bones amp Toby Keith Billboard Urban Lights Up Fourth Fuse No 1 With Church Underwood McGraw Hit Top 10 PDF Billboard Archived from the original PDF on 2015 11 24 Retrieved 2015 06 15 a b American single certifications Chris Janson Buy Me a Boat Recording Industry Association of America Bjorke Matt August 8 2016 Top 30 Digital Singles Chart August 8 2016 Roughstock a b Bjorke Matt November 28 2016 Top 30 Digital Singles Sales Report November 28 2016 Roughstock CMT Will Produce Chris Janson s Buy Me a Boat Video Chris Janson Chart History Canadian Hot 100 Billboard Chris Janson Chart History Canada Country Billboard Chris Janson Chart History Hot 100 Billboard Chris Janson Chart History Country Airplay Billboard Chris Janson Chart History Hot Country Songs Billboard Best of 2015 Country Airplay Billboard Prometheus Global Media 2015 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