River Bank (Brad Paisley song)

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"River Bank"
RiverBank.jpg
Single by Brad Paisley
from the album Moonshine in the Trunk
ReleasedApril 14, 2014 (2014-04-14)
Genre Country rock
Length
  • 2:59 (original)
  • 3:23 (remix)
Label Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Brad Paisley
  • Luke Wooten [2]
Brad Paisley singles chronology
"The Mona Lisa"
(2013)		"River Bank"
(2014)		"Perfect Storm"
(2014)

"River Bank" is a song recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It is the lead single from his tenth studio album, Moonshine in the Trunk . He co-wrote the song with Kelley Lovelace and co-produced it with Luke Wooten. A remix of the song featuring country rapper Colt Ford was released in July 2014. [3] [4]

Contents

Background

The song is about a man and woman who have fun on a river in the summertime. Paisley told The Tennessean that the song idea come from his own upbringing near the Ohio River: "My best memories with my grandfather are on that body of water, and my dad, and learning to ski. It's kind of like a back-to-basics song, which is really an inner tube and a boat and you've got a theme park." [2]

Paisley debuted the song at the 2014 Academy of Country Music telecast on April 6. [1] He also performed the song during the third episode of ABC's Rising Star .

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard called River Bank "a slice of summer time fun" and added that "the production is edgy with a cool vibe". [5] Giving it 2.5 stars out of 4, Michelangelo Matos of the New York Post said that "It's appealingly jaunty, but Paisley has done this better." [6] Rolling Stone rated it 3 out of 5 stars: "This laid-back ode to inner tubes and bikinis, from an album due later this year, comes with a bendy Stones-steeped riff and a clever chorus that's like ad copy for low-budget fun.…If there must be bro-country, let it be this genial." [7] Mikael Wood of The Los Angeles Times was less favorable, saying that "the tune is either a razor-sharp send-up of bro-country cliché — or a pathetic embodiment of the same from a songwriter capable of far, far more." [8]

Music video

The music video was directed by Scott Scovill and premiered in May 2014. [9] It stars Twiggy the Water-Skiing Squirrel. [10]

Chart performance

The song debuted on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart at No. 36 and Country Airplay chart at No. 29. [11] It debuted on Bubbling Under Hot 100 at No. 14, and entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 88 four weeks later (chart date May 24, 2014). It peaked at No. 59 on the Hot 100, No. 12 on Hot Country Songs, and No. 2 on Country Airplay. As of September 2014, the song has sold 473,000 copies in the United States. [12]

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [13] 37
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [14] 2
US Billboard Hot 100 [15] 54
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [16] 2
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [17] 12

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)Position
Canada Country (Billboard) [18] 1
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [19] 21
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [20] 32

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [21] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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