One Man Band (Old Dominion song)

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"One Man Band"
One Man Band single art.jpg
Single by Old Dominion
from the album Old Dominion
ReleasedJune 17, 2019 (2019-06-17)
RecordedDecember 2018
Genre Country
Length3:08
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Old Dominion singles chronology
"Make It Sweet"
(2018)
"One Man Band"
(2019)
"Some People Do"
(2020)

"One Man Band" is a song recorded by American country music band Old Dominion. It was released in June 2019 as the second single from their self-titled third studio album. The song peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their highest charting single.

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History

Lead singer Matthew Ramsey said that the idea for the song came to him just before a concert. He wrote the song with band members Trevor Rosen and Brad Tursi, and frequent collaborator Josh Osborne. The song uses the concept of a one-man band as a metaphor for a man who wants to have a committed relationship instead of living alone. [1] Ramsey describes it as the band's "first love song", and notes that the lyrics have a double meaning that he feels can also refer to his relationship with his bandmates. [2]

Commercial performance

"One Man Band" reached No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay on chart dated December 14, 2019. [3] It was certified six-times Platinum by the RIAA on March 26, 2024 for six million units in sales and streams, their highest certified single. [4] The song has sold 278,000 copies in the United States as of March 2020. [5]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [17] 5× Platinum400,000
United States (RIAA) [4] 6× Platinum6,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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