Yeah

Album: Crickets (2013)
Charted: 41
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • This song finds Nichols singing about a guy agreeing with everything a sexy girl says. He is so taken with her that he is letting the girl "call the shots tonight" and responds to everything with the word "Yeah." Released as the second single from his eighth studio album, Crickets, it was the country star's thirteenth tune to reach the Hot 100.
  • The feel good song was co-written by Nashville songwriters Ashley Gorley and Bryan Simpson, and was one of the first that Nichols cut for Crickets. "'Yeah' is one of the first songs I heard for this album," Nichols told Radio.com. "The first time I heard it, it felt like a hit. And not only that, but it felt like, 'I can sink my teeth into this, and do lots of things with this."
  • The video tells the story of the song in comic book form. It was directed by Wes Edwards, whose lengthy résumé includes Jason Aldean's "Night Train" and Dierks Bentley's "Drunk on a Plane."

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Daryl Hall

Daryl HallSongwriter Interviews

Daryl Hall's TV show is a hit, and he's been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - only one of these developments excites him.

Booker T. Jones

Booker T. JonesSongwriter Interviews

The Stax legend on how he cooked up "Green Onions," the first time he and Otis Redding saw hippies, and if he'll ever play a digital organ.

Fire On The Stage

Fire On The StageSong Writing

When you have a song called "Fire," it's tempting to set one - these guys did.

Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World

Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat WorldSongwriter Interviews

Jim talks about the impact of "The Middle" and uses a tree metaphor to describe his songwriting philosophy.

Randy Houser

Randy HouserSongwriter Interviews

The "How Country Feels" singer talks Skynyrd and songwriting.

Carol Kaye

Carol KayeSongwriter Interviews

A top session musician, Carol played on hundreds of hits by The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Frank Sinatra and many others.