Burn Out (Midland song)

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"Burn Out"
Single by Midland
from the album On the Rocks
ReleasedApril 9, 2018 (2018-04-09)
Genre Country
Length3:09
Label Big Machine
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Midland singles chronology
"Make a Little"
(2017)
"Burn Out"
(2018)
"Mr. Lonely"
(2019)

"Burn Out" is a song recorded by American country music band Midland. It is the third single from their 2017 debut album On the Rocks . The band's three members, Mark Wystrach, Cameron Duddy, and Jess Carson, co-wrote the song with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, the latter two of whom co-produced it with Dann Huff.

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The song is about a male narrator watching a relationship "burn out", comparing it to a cigarette burning itself out. Lead singer Mark Wystrach told the blog Taste of Country that he sees the song as a prequel to their 2017 debut single "Drinkin' Problem", saying that "Burn Out" is "very much in the same landscape. It could tell the story of how the character in 'Drinkin' Problem' could get to that place, as usually is the case through heartache". He also feels that the song draws inspiration from Dean Dillon and Gary Stewart, while also noting the group's prominent vocal harmonies. [1]

Music video

Directed by TK McKamy, [2] the video was filmed in one single take at the nightclub Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth, Texas. Wystrach said that the video, which features him rescuing a female bar patron from a rude customer, takes inspiration from the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy , which itself was filmed partially at Billy Bob's. [3] Live version was directed by Roger Pistole and premiered on CMT, GAC & Vevo in 2018.

Personnel

From On the Rocks liner notes. [4]

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [12] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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