8th Day (song)

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"8th Day"
Dean Brody - 8th Day (single cover).jpg
Single by Dean Brody
from the album Beautiful Freakshow
ReleasedNovember 1, 2017 (2017-11-01)
Genre Country
Length3:02
Label Open Road
Songwriter(s)
  • Dean Brody
  • Matt Rovey
Producer(s) Matt Rovey
Dean Brody singles chronology
"Soggy Bottom Summer"
(2017)
"8th Day"
(2017)
"Good Goodbye"
(2018)

"8th Day" is a song written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Dean Brody for his sixth studio album, Beautiful Freakshow (2016). The song was co-written and produced by Matt Rovey. It was released to Canadian country radio November 1, 2017 as the album's fifth single. [1] In March 2018, the song became Brody's third number-one on the Canada Country airplay chart. [2]

Contents

Content

"8th Day" is a traditional-leaning country song with lyrics that celebrate farmers and country girls. [3] Inspired by the biblical passage outlining what God created on the first days of existence, [3] the song "pays homage to strong, confident and sometimes-complicated women who were finely crafted to be in this world." [4] Its celebratory nature has been compared to that of Brody's first chart-topper, "Canadian Girls" (2012). [3]

Release and promotion

"8th Day" was released to radio on November 1, 2017. [1] The following week, November 8, was dubbed "National Country Girls Day." [5] Fans were encouraged to share stories of the country girls in their life to social media using the pseudo-holiday as a hashtag as part of a week-long promotional campaign to win a signed poster from Brody. [4]

Charts

"8th Day" reached number one on the Canada Country chart dated March 3, 2018. [6] This earned Brody his third number one on the chart, and first since "Bounty" reached the summit in 2013.

Chart (2017–18)Peak
position
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [2] 1

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