"Buy Dirt" | ||||
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Single by Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan | ||||
from the album Bluebird Days | ||||
Released | July 19, 2021 [1] | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:47 | |||
Label | MCA Nashville | |||
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Producer(s) | Paul DiGiovanni | |||
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Music video | ||||
"Buy Dirt" on YouTube |
"Buy Dirt" is a song by American country music singers Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan. It was released on July 19,2021 as the lead single from Davis' second studio album Bluebird Days . Davis co-wrote the song with his brother Jacob,Josh Jenkins,and Matt Jenkins (the latter two of whom are also brothers), [2] while Paul DiGiovanni produced it. [3] The record label is MCA Nashville. [4] It won the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year at the 56th Annual Country Music Association Awards. [5]
Davis and Bryan met at an awards show and later became friends. Davis told Sounds Like Nashville:"Luke isn't just a great entertainer;he's a great Dad,a great husband,and a great friend,too. That's what 'Buy Dirt' embodies. When I wrote 'Buy Dirt,' I knew he could relate to the song's message. [...] I left him a text message with the song attached and told him how much it meant to me. He got right back to me within a couple minutes and said he loved it. He wanted to live with it,make sure he would be right for the song. He called me a week later and said yes. He's one of busiest guys out there and for him to be part of it speaks for the song." [6]
Davis described the song on Today's Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen:"'Buy Dirt' to me is about faith,family and friends,and really finding your happiness." [7]
Billy Dukes of Taste of Country commented that "Buy Dirt" "paint[s] a full picture of country life and sagacity [...,] which helps make it real to the rest of us". [8]
The music video was released on August 10,2021. Davis alongside Bryan illustrate the story behind the "poignant" song. [9]
On June 1,2021,Davis and Bryan performed "Buy Dirt" on The Today Show . [10]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [23] | 3× Platinum | 210,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [24] | 6× Platinum | 480,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [25] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [26] | 5× Platinum | 5,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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