Dirt Road in 'Em

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"Dirt Road In 'Em"
Dirt Road In Em.jpeg
Single by Aaron Pritchett
from the album The Score
ReleasedMarch 4, 2016 (2016-03-04)
Genre Country
Length3:27
Label
  • Big Star
Songwriter(s) Troy Johnson, Justin Sherman, and Jack Williams
Aaron Pritchett singles chronology
"Wake You with a Kiss"
(2015)
"Dirt Road In 'Em"
(2016)
"Out of the Blue"
(2016)
Music video
"Dirt Road In 'Em" on YouTube

"Dirt Road In 'Em" is a song recorded by Canadian country artist Aaron Pritchett. The track was written by Troy Johnson, Justin Sherman, and Jack Williams. [1] It was the lead single off Pritchett's seventh studio album The Score. [2] The song won "Single of the Year" at the 2016 British Columbia Country Music Awards. [3]

Contents

Background

Pritchett was raised in Kitimat, British Columbia. He remarked that the song gave him "that feeling of being on back roads, hanging out with friends and really doing nothing much of anything, just enjoying life". [4]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryResultRef
2016British Columbia Country Music AssociationSingle of the YearWon [3]
Video of the YearWon

Commercial performance

"Dirt Road In 'Em" reached a peak of number six on the Billboard Canada Country chart dated June 18, 2016, spending 20 weeks on the chart in total. [5] It was Pritchett's first top ten hit in seven years since his song "Hell Bent for Buffalo" in 2009. [5] [6] The song has been certified Gold by Music Canada. [7]

Music video

The official music video for "Dirt Road In 'Em" premiered on April 29, 2016. [8] It won "Video of the Year" at the 2016 British Columbia Country Music Awards. [3]

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Canada Country (Billboard) [5] 6

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [7] Gold40,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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