Be You

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"Be You"
High Valley - Be You (single cover).jpg
Single by High Valley
from the album County Line
ReleasedMarch 10, 2016 (2016-03-10)
Genre Country
Length3:08
Label Open Road
Songwriter(s)
  • Seth Mosley
  • Brad Rempel
  • Ben Stennis
Producer(s) Seth Mosley
High Valley singles chronology
"Make You Mine"
(2016)
"Be You"
(2016)
"Every Week's Got a Friday"
(2016)

"Be You" is a song recorded by Canadian country music group High Valley for their fourth studio album, County Line (2014). It was written by group member Brad Rempel with longtime collaborator Ben Stennis and the record's producer, Seth Mosley. "Be You" was released to Canadian country radio March 10, 2016 as the album's sixth and final single. [1] The song also serves as the duo's final release on Open Road Recordings. [2] It became the group's sixth consecutive top-10 single on the Canada Country chart.

Contents

Critical reception

In a review of County Line, Markso Papadatos of Digital Journal called the song a "beautiful ballad." [3] "Be You" ranked at number 48 on Alberta radio station CJOK-FM's list of "The Top 93 Songs of 2016." [4]

Chart performance

"Be You" debuted at number 42 on the Canada Country chart dated April 2, 2016. [5] It reached a peak position of 10 on the chart dated May 28, 2016. [5] This made it the group's sixth consecutive top-10 single, encompassing all of their releases from County Line. [6] However, "Be You" was the first single off the album to not enter the Canadian Hot 100.

Track listing

Digital download [7]

  1. "Be You" 3:08

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [6] 10

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelRef.
CanadaMarch 10, 2016 Country radio Open Road [1]
April 1, 2016 Digital download [7]

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