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Nashville, Tenn. — Multi-Platinum entertainer Chris Young has just released the ultimate weekend anthem — “Young Love & Saturday Nights” — stream/watch now at https://CY.lnk.to/YLSN. Co-produced by Young with Corey Crowder and Chris DeStefano, the song leans into David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel” signature guitar lick, making the legendary rocker a writer on the song alongside Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure and Josh Thompson.
Also releasing today is the steamy music video for “Young Love & Saturday Nights,” directed by Running Bear’s Alexia Stone and Stephen Kinigopoulos and filmed at Old Hickory Beach in Hendersonville, Tenn., north of Nashville. Chris performs the song beachside as we witness the flirtatious fun of young love and the freedom of Saturday nights. Watch now HERE and tune in to CMT Hot 20 on Saturday (7/22) and Sunday (7/23) at 9A/8 central for the broadcast premiere of the music video and go on location with Young and host Carissa Culiner on the set of the music video.
“Here’s to good girls that can’t keep from falling
For bad boys that their daddies don’t like
Small towns that keep staying small
Here’s to old trucks, young love and Saturday nights”
While “Young Love & Saturday Nights” mark Bowie’s first official foray into country music, it is also the first co-producer collaboration for Young, Crowder and DeStefano.
“When I first heard this song, I immediately connected with the groove and the lyrics with nods to so many things I can personally relate to,” says Young of the new song. “It made me think back to when I first got started playing country dive bars and it was the same kind of thing. I drove a beat-up truck to and from gigs where I played music hoping the audiences would relate… and if I’m being honest, hoping the girls would like it too,” he adds. “Young love and Saturday nights are things that just go together and this feels like one of those big summer songs where you just want to roll the windows down, crank up the volume, and just drive around to it.”
“Young Love & Saturday Nights” follows Young’s current single “Looking For You,” which was co-written by Young with Chris DeStefano, James McNair and Emily Weisband, and is currently Top 15-and-rising on the Billboard Country and Mediabase radio charts.
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