Music: Blake Shelton: Sure be cool if you did + God gave me you

I'm keeping my eye on this singer, and I wonder what the trajectory of his career will turn out to be.  I'm liking his music, not all of his sentiments, but some of them too on some songs.  I'm look for something that will take me to the upper echelons of country singing.

— Country Gal, refWrite Backpage music news spotter, analyst, columnist

Blake Shelton sings a song about meeting a lady and gently finding his romantic feelings for her.  He's got a fluent country idiom we can't resist.

Great American Country (Jan14,2k13, reposted here Jan15)

by Sarah Wyland


Blake Shelton may have taken some time off to enjoy the holidays, but he’s back to work with a brand new single to kick off 2013. “Sure Be Cool If You Did” hit radio just after the New Year and though nothing is confirmed, it is widely believed to be the lead single from Blake’s next album. The catchy track is all about falling for a new flame.

To go along with the new single, Blake has released a dive-bar themed lyric video. The clip features neon lights, plenty of cold beverages and of course, a beautiful woman drinking a ‘pretty pink lemonade shooter.’

Watch the lyric video below to learn all the words to Blake’s latest single!  222,244 video hits to date.





"God gave me you" — A top country-music video with 16,136,388 hits todate on YouTube

Music: GAC's Top 50 videos of 2012: Blake Shelton leads the list with "Over"

Here's the chart of the top 50 videos from Great Country Music USA.

Each year we ask fans to help us choose the best of the best country music videos released during the prior 12 months for our year-end Top 50 Videos of the Year countdown. Here are the voting results for 2012 based on videos released and added to the GAC playlist from Nov. 1, 2011 to Oct. 31, 2012.


1              Blake Shelton—“Over”

2              Carrie Underwood—“Blown Away”

3              Carrie Underwood—“Good Girl”

4              Alan Jackson—“So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore”

5              Miranda Lambert—“Over You”

6              Little Big Town—“Pontoon”

7              Taylor Swift—“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”

8              Lady Antebellum—“Wanted You More”

9              Big & Rich—“That’s Why I Pray”

10           Kelly Clarkson—“Mr. Know It All”

11           Lady Antebellum—“Dancin’ Away With My Heart”

12           Miranda Lambert—“Fastest Girl In Town”

13           Kenny Chesney—“Come Over”

14           Eric Church—“Springsteen”

15           Luke Bryan—“I Don’t Want This Night To End”

16           Keith Urban—“For You”

17           Taylor Swift—“Begin Again”

18           Toby Keith—“I Like Girls That Drink Beer”

19           Zac Brown Band—“Keep Me In Mind”

20           Kenny Chesney/ Tim McGraw—“Feel Like A Rock Star”

21           Luke Bryan—“Drunk On You”

22           Hunter Hayes—“Wanted”

23           Billy Ray Cyrus—“Change My Mind”

24           Scotty McCreery—“Water Tower Town”

25           Dustin Lynch—“Cowboys And Angels”

26           Lionel Richie w/Shania Twain—“Endless Love”

27           Tim McGraw—“Truck Yeah”

28           Jason Aldean—“Take A Little Ride”

29           Brantley Gilbert—“You Don’t Know Her Like I Do”

30           Taylor Swift—“Ours”

31           Keith Urban—“You Gonna Fly”

32           Rascal Flatts—“Come Wake Me Up”

33           Darius Rucker—“True Believers”

34           Lauren Alaina—“Georgia Peaches”

35           Miranda Lambert—“Baggage Claim”

36           Taylor Swift—“Safe & Sound”

37           Jason Aldean—“Fly Over States”

38           Chris Young—“You”

39           Josh Turner—“Time Is Love”

40           Luke Bryan—“Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”

41           Dierks Bentley—“5-1-5-0”

42           Willie Nelson—“Just Breathe”

43           Dwight Yoakam—“A Heart Like Mine”

44           Gloriana—“(Kissed You) Goodnight”

45           Chris Young—“Neon”

46           Zac Brown Band—“The Wind”

47           Katie Armiger—“Better In A Black Dress”

48           Rascal Flatts—“Banjo”

49           Bucky Covington—“I Wanna Be That Feeling”

50           Brantley Gilbert—“Kick It In The Sticks”

Music: Country Music USA: 50 top country songs in 2011

Blake Shelton photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Nashville.

Great Country Music - GAC News and Notes (RSS)

Each year GAC asks fans to help us choose the best of the best country music videos released during the prior 12 months for our year end Top 50 Videos of the Year countdown. Here are the voting results for 2011 based on videos released and added to the GAC playlist from Nov. 1, 2010 to Oct. 31, 2011.

refWrite's Country Gal says, Notice that Blake has not just the top of the list song, but a total of three songs on the list (#1, #6 , #17).  Other artists also have multiple listings.  The song's the thing.

1. Blake Shelton — “God Gave Me You”

2. Jason Aldean w/Kelly Clarkson — “Don’t You Wanna Stay”
3. Keith Urban — “Without You”
4. Jason Aldean — “Dirt Road Anthem”
5. Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood — “Remind Me”
6. Blake Shelton — “Honey Bee”
7. Lady Antebellum — “Just A Kiss”
8. Alan Jackson — “Long Way To Go”
9. Scotty McCreery — “I Love You This Big”
10. Trace Adkins — “Just Fishin’”
11. Brad Paisley w/Alabama — “Old Alabama”
12. Toby Keith — “Made In America”
13. Martina McBride — “I’m Gonna Love You Through It”
14. Chris Young — “Tomorrow”
15. Taylor Swift — “Mean”
16. Brad Paisley — “This Is Country Music”
17. Blake Shelton — “Footloose”
18. Lady Antebellum — “We Owned The Night”
19. Keith Urban — “Long Hot Summer”
20. Kenny Chesney w/Grace Potter — “You And Tequila”
21. Jason Aldean — “Tattoos On This Town”
22. Scotty McCreery — “The Trouble With Girls”
23. Taylor Swift — “Back To December”
24. Tim McGraw — “Felt Good On My Lips”
25. Taylor Swift — “Sparks Fly”
26. Shania Twain — “Today Is Your Day”
27. Kellie Pickler — “Tough”
28. Jake Owen — “Barefoot Blue Jean Night”
29. Billy Currington — “Let Me Down Easy”
30. Lauren Alaina — “Like My Mother Does”
31. Justin Moore — “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away”
32. Loretta Lynn/Sheryl Crow/Miranda Lambert — “Coal Miner’s Daughter”
33. Rascal Flatts — “I Won’t Let Go”
34. Zac Brown Band — “Knee Deep”
35. Zac Brown Band — “Colder Weather”
36. Reba McEntire — “When Love Gets A Hold Of You”
37. Alison Krauss + Union Station — “Paper Airplane”
38. Reba McEntire — “Somebody’s Chelsea”
39. Josh Turner — “I Wouldn’t Be A Man”
40. Sugarland — “Tonight”
41. Billy Currington — “Love Done Gone”
42. Martina McBride — “Teenage Daughters”
43. Reba McEntire — “If I Were A Boy”
44. Ashton Shepherd — “Look It Up”
45. Rascal Flatts w/Natasha Bedingfield — “Easy”
46. Pistol Annies — “Hell On Heels”
47. Gloriana — “Wanna Take You Home”
48. Luke Bryan — “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)”
49. Toby Keith — “Red Solo Cup”
50. The Band Perry — “You Lie”

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Music: Country Music USA: Top 20 Country Hits this week

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Great American Country (email newsletter) June14,2k11

GAC host Nan Kelley caught up with Carrie Underwood backstage at the Grand Ole Opry during their star-studded CMA Music Festival show on Tues. June 7, 2011. Photo courtesy of GAC Staff.

GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown went to the Grand Ole Opry with host Nan Kelley to catch up with Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum, and Jerrod Niemann as the Opry kicks off this year’s CMA Music Festival. If you missed Friday’s premiere, check the schedule to catch a re-air throughout the weekend!

It’s a week of hellos and goodbyes on the countdown. We say hello to new videos from Brad Paisley, Jennette McCurdy and Dierks Bentley while we bid farewell to a few countdown mainstays likeSara Evans‘ “A Little Big Stronger,” Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson’s “Don’t You Wanna Stay” and Blake Shelton’s “Who Are You When I’m Not Looking.” Blake still has a video on the countdown, but “Honey Bee,” after a couple of weeks atop the charts, has fallen to No. 2 with Taylor Swift’s “Mean” taking the top spot.

This Week’s Chart:

1. Taylor Swift – “Mean”
2. Blake Shelton — “Honey Bee
3. The Band Perry – “You Lie”
4. Chris Young – “Tomorrow”
5. Keith Urban – “Without You”
6. Rascal Flatts – “I Won’t Let Go”
7. Brad Paisley – “Old Alabama”
8. Martina McBride – “Teenage Daughters”
9. Billy Currington — “Let Me Down Easy”
10. Luke Bryan – “Country Girl Shake It For Me”
11. Ronnie Dunn – “Bleed Red”
12. Justin Moore – “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away”
13. Sugarland – “Tonight”
14. Eric Church – “Homeboy”
15. Jennette McCurdy – “Generation Love”
16. Dierks Bentley – “Am I The Only One”
17. Brantley Gilbert – “Country Must Be Country Wide”
18. Darius Rucker – “This”
19. Due West – “When The Smoke Clears”
20. The Doobie Brothers – “World Gone Crazy”

GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown premieres every Friday night at 8/7c with re-airs throughout the weekend. Click here for a complete schedule.