Freshman Year (album)

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Freshman Year
Freshman Year Reklaws.jpg
Studio album by
the Reklaws
ReleasedAugust 27, 2019 (2019-08-27)
StudioThe Slam Factory (Toronto, Ontario) [1]
Genre
Length36:02
Label
Producer Todd Clark
The Reklaws chronology
Feels Like That
(2018)		Freshman Year
(2019)		 Sophomore Slump
(2020)
Singles from Freshman Year
  1. "Hometown Kids"
    Released: June 16, 2017
  2. "Long Live the Night"
    Released: February 16, 2018
  3. "Feels Like That"
    Released: August 31, 2018
  4. "I Do Too"
    Released: March 27, 2019
  5. "Old Country Soul"
    Released: September 20, 2019

Freshman Year is the debut album of Canadian country music duo the Reklaws. It was released on August 27, 2019, via Universal Music Canada. [2] [3] It includes their #1 hit "Feels Like That", as well as the singles "Hometown Kids", "Long Live the Night", "I Do Too", and "Old Country Soul". [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Singles

"Hometown Kids" was released as their debut radio single in June 2017, [7] [8] and became their first charting entry on the Billboard Canada Country chart, peaking at #16. [9] It has been certified Gold by Music Canada. [10]

"Long Live the Night" was the second single to radio in February 2018. [11] It peaked at #6 on Canadian country radio [9] and has been certified double Platinum by Music Canada. [12] The song was released as part of a three-track, digital single that included "Wish You Were Beer" and "Last Call". [13] [14] A modified version of the track was made for the Canadian Football League and used as the theme song for the national TV broadcast Thursday Night Football on CFL on TSN in 2018 and 2019. [15] [16]

"Feels Like That" was released as the third single to radio in August 2018. [17] It became their first #1 on Canadian country radio [9] and was certified Platinum by Music Canada. [18] It was released as part of the seven-track EP, Feels Like That , that also included "Raised by the Radio" and "Missing You", as well as the three tracks from the Long Live the Night single and "Hometown Kids". [19]

"I Do Too" was released as the fourth single to radio in March 2019. [20] It peaked at #6 on the Canada Country chart, [9] and became their first entry on the Canadian Hot 100, peaking at #98. [21] It was certified Platinum by Music Canada. [22]

"Old Country Soul" was released as the fifth single to radio off the album in September 2019. [23] It peaked at #4 on the Canada Country chart [9] and #87 on the Canadian Hot 100. [21] It was certified Platinum by Music Canada. [24]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Old Country Soul"
2:54
2."Summer of You"
  • S. Walker
  • Wood
  • Todd Clark
  • Gavin Slate
3:42
3."Long Live the Night"
  • S. Walker
  • Clark
  • Wood
3:24
4."Nobody's Perfect"
  • J. Walker
  • S. Walker
  • Clark
  • Wood
3:11
5."Feels Like That"
3:31
6."Raised by the Radio"
  • J. Walker
  • S. Walker
  • Slate
  • Wood
3:26
7."Missing You"
  • J. Walker
  • S. Walker
  • Slate
  • Wood
2:51
8."I Do Too"
3:20
9."Last Call"
  • J. Walker
  • S. Walker
  • Clark
  • Sarah Haze
2:56
10."Wish You Were Beer" (featuring James Barker Band)
  • J. Walker
  • S. Walker
  • Jay
  • King
3:48
11."Hometown Kids"
  • J. Walker
  • S. Walker
  • Slate
  • Wood
3:09
Total length:36:02

Charts

Album

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [25] 87

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions		 Certifications
CAN Country
[9] 		CAN
[21]
2017"Hometown Kids"16—
2018"Long Live the Night"6— [upper-alpha 1]
  • MC: 2x Platinum [10]
"Feels Like That"1—
2019"I Do Too"698
"Old Country Soul"487

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [27] Gold40,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release formats for Freshman Year
CountryDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousAugust 27, 2019 Digital download Universal Music Canada [2]
Streaming
September 6, 2019 Compact disc
December 20, 2019 Vinyl

Notes

  1. ↑ "Long Live the Night" did not enter the Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 25 on the Canadian Digital Song Sales component chart. [26]

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