Homemade (song)

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"Homemade"
JakeOwenHomemade.jpg
Single by Jake Owen
from the album Greetings from... Jake
ReleasedJune 3, 2019 (2019-06-03)
Genre Country
Length3:12
Label Big Loud
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Joey Moi
Jake Owen singles chronology
"Down to the Honkytonk"
(2018)
"Homemade"
(2019)
"Made for You"
(2020)

"Homemade" is a song recorded by American country music singer Jake Owen. It was released in June 2019 as the third single from his sixth studio album, Greetings from... Jake .

Contents

Content

Written by Bobby Pinson, Drew Parker, Jared Mullins, Ben Goldsmith, and produced by Joey Moi, "Homemade" is described as a celebration of growing up in small town America. [1]

Commercial performance

"Homemade" topped Billboard's Country Airplay in March 2020. [2] [3] It has sold 32,000 copies in the United States as of March 2020. [4]

Music video

The music video for "Homemade" premiered on September 27, 2019, [1] and tells the love story of Owen's own grandparents. [5] Owen described their relationship as the classic American love story: "When I think about the love that people have had together, and I think about their story, there are plenty of songs that could be written about the love they share together." [6] The video, which was shot in Lynnville, Tennessee [1] and directed by Justin Clough, is set in the 1940s and shows Owen portraying his grandfather's younger self. [7]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [14] Gold40,000
United States (RIAA) [15] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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