Sand in My Boots

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"Sand in My Boots"
Sand in My Boots.jpeg
Single by Morgan Wallen
from the album Dangerous: The Double Album
ReleasedAugust 23, 2021 (2021-08-23)
Genre Country
Length3:22
Label Big Loud
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Joey Moi
Morgan Wallen singles chronology
"7 Summers"
(2020)
"Sand in My Boots"
(2021)
"Broadway Girls"
(2021)
Lyric video
"Sand in My Boots" on YouTube

"Sand in My Boots" is a song recorded by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. It was released to country radio on August 23, 2021 as third single from his second studio album Dangerous: The Double Album . [1]

Contents

Content

The song was written by Ashley Gorley, Michael Hardy and Josh Osborne. "Sand in My Boots" is a nostalgic ballad about a lost love, [2] describes a worn out cowboy, weathering lost love and fading memories of drinking with that girl who could've been the one. [3]

Critical reception

Billy Duke of website Taste of Country commented "Sand in My Boots" is the best songwriting on the album. [4] [5]

Commercial performance

The song began receiving airplay on country radio in July 2021. It debuted on Country Airplay at number 56 with 699,000 audience impressions in the week ending July 4, [6] [7] and reached number one dated February 26, 2022, becoming Wallen's fifth number one single on that chart.

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Sand in My Boots"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [19] Platinum70,000
Canada (Music Canada) [20] 2× Platinum160,000
United States (RIAA) [21] 2× Platinum2,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for "Sand in My Boots"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousJanuary 8, 2021 Big Loud [22]
United StatesAugust 23, 2021 Country radio [23]

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