"Take My Name" | ||||
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Single by Parmalee | ||||
from the album For You | ||||
Released | October 4, 2021 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:37 | |||
Label | Stoney Creek | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | David Fanning | |||
Parmalee singles chronology | ||||
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Visualizer video | ||||
"Take My Name" on YouTube |
"Take My Name" is a song by American country music band Parmalee. It was released on October 4, 2021, as the second single from the band's seventh studio album For You . The band's lead vocalist Matt Thomas co-wrote the song with Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson and David Fanning, while it was produced by Fanning. [1]
On July 9, 2021, the band posted a snippet on TikTok, and announced the song had been released early. [2] Robyn Collins of Taste of Country described the song as "a musical marriage proposal". [3] The band's lead vocalist Matt Thomas told Sounds Like Nashville: "'Take My Name' was inspired by my brother Scott getting married last year, It made me sit back and think about what I would want to say to my future wife". [4]
Thomas told American Songwriter : "'Take My Name' is a song about finding the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. A feeling you haven't had before. You don't want to look anywhere else or waste anymore time, you are ready to make that person yours". [5]
On October 18, 2021, the band performed the song on The Kelly Clarkson Show . [6] [7]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [19] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [20] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | July 30, 2021 |
| Stoney Creek | [21] |
United States | October 4, 2021 | Country radio | [22] |
[[Category:Country ballads]