| "Champagne Night" | ||||
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| Single by Lady Antebellum | ||||
| from the album Ocean (Deluxe Edition) | ||||
| Released | April 13, 2020 | |||
| Genre | Country [1] | |||
| Length | 3:05 | |||
| Label | Big Machine | |||
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| "Champagne Night" on YouTube | ||||
"Champagne Night" is a song recorded by American country music trio Lady A (then known as Lady Antebellum). It was released on April 13,2020,following the group's appearance on an episode of the television series Songland . [2] "Champagne Night" is a re-worked version of the song "I'll Drink to That" by Madeline Merlo,with additional writing from the group members and its producer,Shane McAnally. [3] This is the final single released under the name Lady Antebellum,before the band changed to Lady A,in June 2020. "Champagne Night" was included on the digital only deluxe edition re-issue of the trio's eighth studio album, Ocean .
Lady A appeared on the first episode of the second season of American songwriting competition series, Songland ,which aired April 13,2020. [4] Canadian singer-songwriter Madeline Merlo presented the episode's winning song,"I'll Drink to That",which she co-wrote with Tina Parol,David Thomson,Patricia Conroy. After opting to record the song,the members of Lady A made adjustments to the lyrics with its producer,Shane McAnally,and the title was changed to "Champagne Night". [5] Following its digital release alongside the airing of the episode,the song hit number one on the American iTunes all-genre sales chart and remained in the top ten the following week. [6] On April 20,2020,the group released the song to country radio. [7] This made "Champagne Night" the first winning song from Songland to be promoted as an official radio single. [8]
| Year | Association | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2021 | Canadian Country Music Association | Songwriter of the Year | Won | [9] |
On May 11,2020,Lady A performed "Champagne Night" for the first time on the at home edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . [10] Another at-home performance of the song was broadcast during the Season 18 finale of The Voice on May 19,2020. [11] On June 3,they played the song in a television special CMT Celebrates Our Heroes:An Artists of the Year. [12]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada) [22] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA) [23] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| United States | April 13, 2020 | Digital download | Big Machine | [24] |
| April 27, 2020 | Country radio | [25] | ||