Take It Off (Joe Nichols song)

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"Take It Off"
TakeItOff.jpg
Single by Joe Nichols
from the album It's All Good
ReleasedMay 23, 2011 (2011-05-23)
Genre Country
Length3:18
Label Show Dog-Universal Music
Songwriter(s) Dallas Davidson
Ashley Gorley
Kelley Lovelace
Producer(s) Mark Wright
Buddy Cannon
Joe Nichols singles chronology
"The Shape I'm In"
(2010)
"Take It Off"
(2011)
"Sunny and 75"
(2013)

"Take It Off" is a song recorded by American country music artist Joe Nichols. It was released in May 2011 as the only single from his seventh studio album, It's All Good . The song was written by Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley and Kelley Lovelace. [1]

Contents

"Take It Off" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of June 4, 2011. [2]

Background

Of the song, Nichols says, "It takes me back to when I was a kid, and we would go out to the lake or the river and chill out all day. We'd do some stuff that we weren't supposed to be doing." [3]

Critical reception

Kyle Ward of Roughstock gave the song three and a half stars out of five, calling it "a pleasant up-tempo piece of summertime ear candy." [4] In his review of the album, Ben Foster of Country Universe wrote that the song is "a fun enough tune, but it's too forgettable, not to mention interchangeable with any other summer song." [5]

Music video

The music video, which premiered in August 2011, was directed by Potsy Ponciroli and filmed in downtown Nashville. [6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 25
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 [8] 22

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [9] 88

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References

  1. Conaway, Alanna (May 21, 2011). "Joe Nichols, 'Take It Off' – Lyrics Uncovered". Taste of Country. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  2. Morris, Edward (May 28, 2011). "Brad Paisley Peaks Songs Chart With "Old Alabama"". Country Music Television . Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  3. Dauphin, Chuck (November 8, 2011). "Joe Nichols: 'It's All Good' Is More Than an Album Title". Billboard . Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  4. Ward, Kyle (May 24, 2011). "Joe Nichols - "Take It Off"". Roughstock. Archived from the original on April 11, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  5. Foster, Ben (November 21, 2011). "Album Review: Joe Nichols, It's All Good". Country Universe. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  6. Newcomer, Wendy (August 10, 2011). "Watch Joe Nichols' New Video, "Take It Off"". Great American Country . Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  7. "Joe Nichols Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  8. "Bubbling Under Hot 100 Week of September 24, 2011". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved September 13, 2012.
  9. "Best of 2011: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2012.