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Album: Night Train (2012)
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  • Jason Aldean's producer Michael Knox was enthusiastic about this Neil Thrasher and Wendell Mobley penned power ballad as soon as he heard the demo, but the singer was slightly less so. Aldean recalled to Billboard magazine: "Knox called me and said, 'I found a monster. I listened to it and I loved the song, but it was one of those songs that I liked a lot, but Michael was infatuated with this song. I was going back and forth between that and 'Staring at the Sun,' which is one of my favorites on the record."

    He added: "So I was like, if I gotta pick between the two I'm goin' with 'Staring at the Sun.' And I actually fell I love with the song after we cut it. Now all of a sudden I got a chance to hear my version of it, and it went from 'I like it a lot' to loving it, and I would've been kickin' myself if it wasn't on the record. That one was Michael's baby for sure. There have been songs that I loved and we cut 'em and I don't like the way I did it, and this was the opposite of that."

Comments: 2

  • Sabrina Summers from Mount Airy N.c.Absolutely love this song it hit home for me. Almost like a page out of my life!!!....
  • Harv from Newington, CtA good one from Mr. Aldean.
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