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| Single by Kenny Chesney | ||||
| from the album Welcome to the Fishbowl | ||||
| Released | May 14, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:08 | |||
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| "Come Over" on YouTube | ||||
"Come Over" is a song written by Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally, and Josh Osborne [1] and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released in May 2012 as the second single from Chesney's 2012 album Welcome to the Fishbowl .
The song is set in the key of D♭ major with a main chord pattern of B♭m7–G♭sus2–D♭/F–D♭sus-D♭–A♭. [2]
Co-writer Josh Osborne said that when writing the song, he and the co-writers were composing melodies when co-writer Sam Hunt suggested to make it a "kind of desperate thing, like the guy is pleading with this girl to come over". Upon reaching the chorus, they decided to repeat the phrase "come over" five times to "[get] into the emotion of the situation". [3]
Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song three and a half stars out of five, writing that "the songwriters show power in efficiency, yet the singer never really conveys the physical need for this woman that the repetition begs for". [4] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song four stars out of five, saying that it "shows off a completely different side for Kenny Chesney and it manages to feel immediate and current in ways that 'Feel Like a Rock Star' didn't". [5]
The music video was directed by Shaun Silva and premiered in June 2012. [6] The music video alternates between scenes featuring Chesney and scenes featuring Courtney McCann. [7] It was filmed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with some ocean scenes near Miami Beach, Florida. Chesney has described the music video as a "classy booty call". It is entirely in black-and-white, and features a cameo from his dog, Poncho, standing on a paddleboard alongside Chesney. [8]
"Come Over" debuted at number 24 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of June 2, 2012. [9] After spending eleven weeks on the Hot Country Songs chart, "Come Over" became Chesney's twenty-second number one single for the week of August 11, 2012. The song has sold over a million copies in the US. [10]
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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| Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [11] | 48 |
| Canada Country ( Billboard ) [12] | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [13] | 23 |
| US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [14] | 1 |
| Chart (2012) | Position |
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| US Billboard Hot 100 [15] | 76 |
| US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [16] | 35 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA) [17] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Co-writer Sam Hunt recorded a version of "Come Over" for his acoustic mixtape Between the Pines (2013). [18] This recording entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart at number 42 following the mixtape's 2015 re-release on MCA Nashville. [19] As of November 2015, Hunt's version has sold 14,000 units. [20]
