SCOTTY McCREERY MAKES HIS WAY TO NO. 1 ON THE BEACH MUSIC TOP 40 CHART WITH BAREFOOTIN’
North Carolina-native, Scotty McCreery has listened to the regional Beach Music of the Carolinas since he was a child. Now he’s made his own contribution to the genre as his song, Barefootin' reaches the Number 1 position on the Beach Music Top 40 Chart this week.
Scotty, a ACM, BMI and CMT Award winner wrote the song with David Lee Murphy and Frank Rogers last year. He told both writers when they sat down that day that he really wanted to create a Beach Music song in the shag dance style (one of Beach Music’s main dances) for his album, Seasons Change.
Scotty, a ACM, BMI and CMT Award winner wrote the song with David Lee Murphy and Frank Rogers last year. He told both writers when they sat down that day that he really wanted to create a Beach Music song in the shag dance style (one of Beach Music’s main dances) for his album, Seasons Change.
Barefootin' was produced by Frank, Derek Wells, and Aaron Eshuis.
“This is awesome news about ‘Barefootin’!’” said Scotty. “That is one of my favorite songs on Seasons Change. It reminds me of all the great times I’ve had at the beach through the years with friends and family. This song was not released as a single or promoted in any way, so this is a huge surprise. I’m so glad people have discovered the song and are digging it. Gabi and I have talked about taking classes to learn how to do The Shag correctly. Maybe we’ll actually do that now.”
For Scotty, writing this song with one of his favorite artists was already a big accomplishment: “Getting to write with David Lee Murphy was a bucket list item for me. His ‘Dust on the Bottle’ is one of my favorite songs of all time, and he’s just a great guy. Frank and I introduced him to Beach Music that day and we had a blast.”
Always the romantic whether he’s singing about “some slow dancing and some romancing, shaggin’ in the sand” or “if there ever was a time for a perfect kiss, this is it,” Scotty continues to rise up the country music charts with his current single, This Is It.
“This is awesome news about ‘Barefootin’!’” said Scotty. “That is one of my favorite songs on Seasons Change. It reminds me of all the great times I’ve had at the beach through the years with friends and family. This song was not released as a single or promoted in any way, so this is a huge surprise. I’m so glad people have discovered the song and are digging it. Gabi and I have talked about taking classes to learn how to do The Shag correctly. Maybe we’ll actually do that now.”
For Scotty, writing this song with one of his favorite artists was already a big accomplishment: “Getting to write with David Lee Murphy was a bucket list item for me. His ‘Dust on the Bottle’ is one of my favorite songs of all time, and he’s just a great guy. Frank and I introduced him to Beach Music that day and we had a blast.”
Always the romantic whether he’s singing about “some slow dancing and some romancing, shaggin’ in the sand” or “if there ever was a time for a perfect kiss, this is it,” Scotty continues to rise up the country music charts with his current single, This Is It.
This Is It was co-wrote by Scotty with Frank and Aaron two weeks before he proposed to his long-time girlfriend (now wife) Gabi is currently at Number 36 on the Mediabase/ Country Aircheck chart.
This Is It is the follow up to his Number 1 Platinum-certified smash hit, Five More Minutes. The music video for This is It directed by Jeff Ray and filmed entirely at Scotty’s wedding has already topped the “GAC Top 20 Playlist” and earned more than 8.6 million views in little over a month since its release.
"Barefootin" This is a Great Beach Song
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