Pink Skies

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"Pink Skies"
Zach Bryan - Pink Skies.png
Single by Zach Bryan
from the album The Great American Bar Scene
ReleasedMay 24, 2024 (2024-05-24)
Genre Country
Length
  • 3:49 (album version)
  • 3:15 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s) Zach Bryan
Producer(s) Zach Bryan
Zach Bryan singles chronology
"I Remember Everything"
(2023)
"Pink Skies"
(2024)
"Purple Gas"
(2024)

"Pink Skies" is a song by American singer Zach Bryan. It was released on May 24, 2024, as the lead single from his fifth studio album The Great American Bar Scene .

Contents

Content

Zach Bryan announced the release of "Pink Skies" on May 24, 2024. He announced it via Twitter as the lead single to an upcoming album titled The Great American Bar Scene. [1]

Casey Young of Whiskey Riff wrote that the song "touches on the feelings of grief and loss that comes with missing a person you love, and many on social media have quickly taken to the song and expressed that Zach was able to perfectly capture what they might not have been able to put into words themselves." [2] According to Bryan, the song was not inspired by any individual moment in his life, but rather in his interest in family dynamics. Lyrically, it is about a family gathering to hold a funeral for one of their members. [1]

Bryan performed the song live for the first time at the Oakland Coliseum on June 1, 2024. [3]

Commercial performance

Upon release, "Pink Skies" charted at number six on the Billboard Hot 100. Bryan initially expressed frustration that the label had seemingly serviced the song to pop radio without his knowledge, but Whiskey Riff later reported that the label had not actually done so. [4]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Pink Skies"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [21] 2× Platinum140,000
Canada (Music Canada) [22] 2× Platinum160,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [23] Platinum30,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [24] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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