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‘BACK’ COUNTRY: Kenny Chesney blasts onto Country Songs at No. 23, as “Ain’t Back Yet” enters at No. 23. The uptempo track plays over the closing credits of the film “Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3-D,” due April 21, and will be included on upcoming pressings of his “Greatest Hits II” collection. Chesney’s next studio set is expected this fall.
The song’s lofty launch marks the chart’s highest debut since Chesney’s own “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven” opened at No. 22 on the list dated Aug. 16, 2008.
Since Country Songs adopted Nielsen BDS data in January 1990, just 11 songs have debuted as high as No. 23. Three belong to Chesney and four to Garth Brooks:
Debut Pos., Title, Artist, Year
No. 19, “The Thunder Rolls,” Garth Brooks, 1991
No. 22, “Wrapped Up in You,” Garth Brooks, 2001
No. 21, “All Jacked Up,” Gretchen Wilson, 2005
No. 18, “Good Ride Cowboy,” Garth Brooks, 2005
No. 17, “Once in a Lifetime,” Keith Urban, 2006
No. 20, “So Small,” Carrie Underwood, 2007
No. 16, “Don’t Blink,” Kenny Chesney, 2007
No. 1, “More Than a Memory,” Garth Brooks, 2007
No. 19, “I Saw God Today,” George Strait, 2008
No. 22, “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven,” Kenny Chesney, 2008
No. 23, “Ain’t Back Yet,” Kenny Chesney, 2010
The chart future for Chesney’s new song appears bright: the last five songs prior to “Ain’t Back Yet” to debut as high as No. 23 (including Brooks’ “More Than a Memory,” which began at No. 1) all reached the summit.
SPEED FOR ‘NEED’: “Need You Now” lifts 11-9 on Adult Contemporary with Greatest Gainer honors for a third consecutive week, granting Lady Antebellum its first top 10 on the tally.
The ballad ties for quickest ascent to the top 10 by a group since 2000 (excluding holiday titles). Backstreet Boys’ “Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely,” ‘N Sync’s “This I Promise You” (both in 2000) and Santana’s “The Game of Love,” featuring Michelle Branch, (2000) likewise logged five-week sprints to the top bracket.
The climb of the former Country Songs No. 1 makes Lady Antebellum just the sixth country group to score a top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart in the last 25 years. The trio joins Restless Heart (1987, 1992, 1993), Lonestar (2000, 2001), Diamond Rio (2001), Dixie Chicks (2002) and Rascal Flatts (2006).
TALKIN’ ‘SMACK: Godsmack continues to build anticipation for its fifth studio album, “The Oracle,” due May 4, as “Cryin’ Like a Bitch” roars onto the Rock Songs radio airplay chart at No. 22. The song begins with 4.3 million first-week audience impressions on 92 stations.
The cut is the second preview track from the album to assault the survey. “Whiskey Hangover” reached No. 7 in August.
“Cryin’ Like a Bitch” concurrently storms Mainstream Rock (viewable at billboard.biz) at No. 15 and Alternative Songs at No. 39.
COMPLETE BEAT: As previously reported, the biggest splashes made on this week’s Billboard charts belong to Sade, newly entrenched atop the Billboard 200, and Artists for Haiti, who return “We Are the World” to the Billboard Hot 100 (and, more importantly, raise further funds for Haiti relief efforts). For more on these achievements, as well as analysis on Billboard’s entire menu of airplay and sales charts, check tomorrow’s posting of Chart Beat.
Kenny Chesney and classic rock legend Steve Miller will perform together in an episode of CMT Crossroads to be taped in March. Chesney previously appeared on the show with John Mellencamp in 2003. The Steve Miller Band’s history includes rock radio staples such as “Rockin’ Me,” “Jet Airliner,” “The Joker,” “Fly Like an Eagle,” “Livin’ in the USA,” “Take the Money and Run” and “Abracadabra.” Chesney and Miller are longtime friends who shared the stage in 2008 at San Francisco’s AT&T Park during Chesney’s first stadium concert in the Bay Area. Regarding their CMT Crossroads pairing, Chesney said, “He’s been on the road for four decades, and he’s just as good now, not to mention the way he can play a guitar! It is truly an honor to get to do this with him.” The episode will air later this year.
Kenny Chesney’s newest single begins with the couplet “I heard a song ’bout a ramblin’ man/Bought a guitar and I started a band.” Whether he’s singing about classic ramblin’ tunes by Hank Williams or the Allman Brothers, it’s never a good idea to begin a bad song with allusions to better ones. It’s all downhill from there.
“Ain’t Back Yet” is one of two songs newly tacked on to the soon to be re-released Greatest Hits II (the other one is “This Is Our Moment”). It’s also going to play during the closing credits of Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3-D. Let’s hope the song isn’t representative of the movie. Unlike Chesney’s singles of the past four or five years, there’s not a trace of beachy pop to be found here. And for once, that’s a bad thing. When “Ain’t Back Yet” starts up, it sounds like a second rate Jason Aldean song. The drums and Generic Guitar Riff #27 lead into an average vocal performance and bland lyric.
Co-writers Craig Wiseman (“The Good Stuff,” et al.) and Chris Tompkins (“Before He Cheats”) hit all the Upbeat Summer Hit buzzwords (guitars, Corvettes, girls), but “Ain’t Back Yet” is still boring despite their best efforts. Although we’ve heard lyrics like “Looking back at the moments black and white/I wouldn’t change a thing that could change my life/For the worse, for the better/Man, I was gone, gone forever” before, a strong, convincing vocal could have made it sound fresh, or at least captured the listener’s attention. Chesney’s phoning it in; both the laid-back charm and the ability to sell a story that he’s exhibited on other songs just aren’t there.
Of course, this single’s weaknesses won’t slow its success on the charts. At this point in his career Chesney could release three and a half minutes of armpit farts and it’d break into the Top 10. But if you’re not a die-hard Kenny fan from the soles of your flip-flops to the brim of your straw cowboy hat, stay away from “Ain’t Back Yet.”
There’s a new Facebook page you can join called “Kenny Chesney for Super Bowl 2011.” Its mission is simple: “Super Bowl halftime shows have been boring the last few years … show your support as we petition the NFL to put KENNY CHESNEY on the Super Bowl halftime show in 2011. Invite your friends!” Hmmm. Sounds like somebody didn’t love the medley of classic songs from legendary rockers the Who at Sunday’s big game. That somebody is a DJ at a country radio station in Madison, Wis. He already has 638 members in his group and it isn’t even a week old. So his campaign might have a shot at getting Chesney onto the Super Bowl stage in 2011. It’s a good thing Chesney is sort of taking a year off from touring because the NFL doesn’t want an overexposed act. “When was the last time you saw the Who on TV? We like acts whose songs are very familiar to people of all ages, all demographics,” said Charles Coplin, NFL vice president of programming. Chesney himself joked about the possibility last week on ESPN’s Mike & Mike in the Morning radio show with Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic. “I would love to do halftime at the Super Bowl. That’d be fun. If I do halftime at the Super Bowl next year, it’s all because of Greeny,” he said.
Photo of Chesney with Mike & Mike courtesy of ESPN.
Kenny Chesney’s Greatest Hits II will be reissued digitally with two new tracks, “Ain’t Back Yet” and “This Is Our Moment,” on March 2. CD copies with the added tracks will be available around the same date. Chesney is currently working on a new album expected to be released in the fall. “Ain’t Back Yet” is Chesney’s current single and will play during the closing credits of the upcoming film, Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3-D, scheduled for an April 21 national release by Sony Picture Entertainment’s The Hot Ticket division. “This Is Our Moment” has been used as ESPN’s college football theme.
Kenny Chesney and Sugarland are lending their voices to the fight against cancer. They are two of the latest acts joining forces with Comcast, as part of the cable-TV provider’s Stand Up 2 Cancer campaign.
Through March 14, Comcast subscribers will be able to view performances from more than 60 artists at no additional charge, through the Video-on-Demand service. As part of the Stand Up 2 Cancer campaign, the artists encourage viewers to donate to the worthy cause, either through the website or a dedicated phone line.
Other artists participating include John Mayer, Celine Dion, Katy Perry, Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo, John Legend, Tina Turner and many more. In addition, celebrities such as Katie Couric, Jon Stewart, Meryl Streep, Salma Hayek and the late Patrick Swayze have contributed personalized messages.
For more information, or to make a donation, click here.
Country superstar Kenny Chesney [ tickets ], who last fall said he’d be playing only a handful of one-off shows in 2010, has unveiled plans for a couple of spring and summer Vegas engagements.
The Joint, located at Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, will host Chesney for a pair of two-night stands: May 14 & 15 and July 2 & 3.
“The beauty of The Joint is that not only is it a great rock-and-roll room, but they’ll let us get up there and play … and play … and play,” Chesney said in a prepared statement. “We have so much fun, because we can throw in all kinds of stuff we don’t get to play in our regular show, and the audiences are diverse enough that no matter what we throw at them, they know the songs!
“That’s what’s so great about a gig where the capacity is 4,000, especially at The Joint,” Chesney continued. “It’s the best of both worlds: you get the energy of a club, but it’s still enough of a stage that you’ve got room to run around and have fun. Because when we do these smaller, less structured shows, we like to let loose without tripping over each other or getting tangled in someone’s chord.”
Tickets for the Vegas shows–prices for which start at $150 plus applicable service fees, according to a press release–will be available Saturday (1/30) at noon PT via the Hard Rock Box Office, as well as online at Ticketmaster.com and by phone at 800.745.3000. (LiveDaily is an operating unit of Ticketmaster Entertainment, which also owns Ticketmaster.)
Last September, Chesney–who had been touring every summer almost non-stop since 2004, and whose most recent roadtrips were massive stadium affairs–told Entertainment Weekly that he was planning to take a break this year. The singer said that he would continue to record and play some sporadic concerts, but that a large-scale stadium tour wouldn’t take place.
Kenny Chesney will release his new single, “Ain’t Back Yet,” to country radio on Feb. 8. Written by Craig Wiseman and Chris Tompkins, the song will also play during the end credits of the upcoming film, Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3-D, scheduled for an April 21 national release by Sony Picture Entertainment’s The Hot Ticket division. Chesney’s new album is expected to be released in the fall. Although he will not be touring extensively this summer, Chesney’s next concert appearance will be May 30 in Baton Rouge, La.
Part of the reason Kenny Chesney is taking a year off between major concert tours was to spend time on his upcoming concert film and CD. “Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3-D” will be released nationally April 21 by Sony.
Chesney also found a new song as the ending theme for the movie, Ain’t Back Yet, which goes to radio Feb. 8. “I wanted a piece of music that encapsulated the things in my life that brought me here…that showed the things that had brought me there,” he said.
Craig Wiseman and Chris Tompkins penned the song. With the opening lines, “I heard a song ’bout a ramblin’ man, bought a guitar and I started a band/ I got a gig at the local Am Vet, I was gone and I ain’t back yet…,” the song celebrates fast cars, first love and chasing dreams.
“That song is pretty much everything about what happened to me, especially with the music,” Chesney said. “You get so focused on what you’re trying to accomplish, it takes over…and there’s nothing that’s going to come between you and your dream. For some people, it’s sports; for me, it was the music. You know, there’s a price you pay to do this, but look at what this is…
“Or as the bridge goes, ‘Lookin’ back at the moments, black and white/ I wouldn’t change a thing that changed my life/ For the worse, for the better, man, I was gone, gone forever… The laughs, the smiles, the trails, the tears/ It’s hard to hate what got me here…’ Pretty much sums it up.”
Even though he’s not launching a super tour as in years past, Kenny Chesney is still one of the hardest working people in show business. He’s been at Sony Studios in Los Angeles putting the finishing touches on his upcoming concert film, shot at many of last year’s stadium shows on his Sun City Carnival tour.
Kenny admits he didn’t expect to be as awestruck by the shots or the sound as he is, and actually seeing it on a cinema-sized screen has rendered him almost speechless … we say, almost.
“To be able to really see those faces where I can just stand there and take it all in, now that is something I don’t see very much, and I got to a lot of shows, and watch a lot of crowds,” explains the four-time ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year.”But the folks who come out for us, well, it’s something I can’t explain, but I can’t wait for the fans to get to see themselves, to get to see what me and the guys get to see every night!”
The Tennessee native will also release his new single, ‘Ain’t Back Yet,’ on Feb. 8. The track, which is described as celebrating “fast cars, first love [and] chasing dreams,” serves as the end theme for the film and will be included on his upcoming album. Kenny says the song describes his life, but most especially his music. “I wanted a piece of music that encapsulated the things in my life that brought me here. You get so focused on what you’re trying to accomplish, it takes over … and there’s nothing that’s going to come between you and your dream.”
The film has reignited a passion within the superstar and Kenny says fans will be just as excited as he is to see the finished product. “The places these cameras go, the way the songs and the people are captured, this truly is closer than you can get with a ticket.”
‘Kenny Chesney; Summer in 3-D’ arrives in theaters nationwide April 21. His new album is slated for the fall.
