Blue Tacoma

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"Blue Tacoma"
Single by Russell Dickerson
from the album Yours
ReleasedMarch 5, 2018 (2018-03-05)
Genre Country
Length3:32
Label Triple Tigers
Songwriter(s)
  • Russell Dickerson
  • Casey Brown
  • Parker Welling
Producer(s) Casey Brown
Russell Dickerson singles chronology
"Yours"
(2017)
"Blue Tacoma"
(2018)
"Every Little Thing"
(2018)

"Blue Tacoma" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Russell Dickerson. It is the second single from his 2017 debut album Yours and the follow-up to his debut single, also titled "Yours". Dickerson wrote the song with Parker Welling and Casey Brown, the latter of whom also produced it.

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Carena Liptak of The Boot said that the song is about "a vivid picture of falling in love to the backdrop of gorgeous California scenery, all in a Toyota Tacoma." Dickerson said that the song was originally about taking a road trip, but after presenting his cowriters with the idea, they chose to add details that Dickerson had witnessed while driving down the Pacific Coast Highway with his wife, Kailey. [1]

Music video

Kailey Dickerson and her brother, Toben Seymour, directed the song's music video, which features footage of her and her husband driving along the highway. [2]

Commercial performance

The song has sold 87,000 copies in the United States as of November 2018. [3]

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [11] Platinum1,000,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.pngsales+streaming figures based on certification alone

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