Gilbert "Want You Back"
The track made its global premiere yesterday exclusively on Country radio, before going wide across all digital platforms today.
With its '90s-meets-modern-country sound, pedal steel woven into his rock edge, Gilbert goes with tongue-in-cheek humor, wishing his ex had done him dirty so he'd have a reason to move on. Written by Gilbert with HARDY, Hunter Phelps and Will Weatherly, the song was produced by Gilbert, Weatherly and Brock Berryhill.
Lyrics include:
"I wish you would've keyed my truck
Sunk my boat
Drank all of my beer
Smoked all of my smoke
Hooked up with all my buddies
Set my double-wide on fire
Put diesel in my gas tank
And a Buck® knife in my tire
'Cause I'm sitting here missing you, baby
Reminiscing on the love we had
Girl, I wish you would've done something crazy
'Cause I Don't wanna want you
I don't wanna want you back "
Today's release will be found on Gilbert's forthcoming "Greatest Hits...So Far," available Dec. 12 via The Valory Music Co., along with previously unreleased songs "Real American" and "Ride With Me."
More news for Brantley Gilbert
- 10/06/25: Gilbert inks with Broken Bow
- 05/30/25: Birge, Gilbert team up
- 11/22/24: Gilbert goes on the road again with Tattoos
- 07/17/24: Gilbert "Tattoos" it
- 06/06/24: Gilbert is "Over When We're Sober"
- 04/26/24: Gilbert goes Off the Rails even more, adds tour dates
- 12/11/23: Gilbert goes Off the Rails
- 04/21/23: Gilbert, Townes, Evans drop new discs
CD reviews for Brantley Gilbert
It would be easy (and lazy journalism) to write about how much Brantley Gilbert's music is un-country. You need only isolate the drum parts for most of these latest songs to confirm this is primarily a rock recording (masked as country). However, there are some quality - if not exactly country - songs on this effort, which cry out for a different sort of evaluation.
Gilbert saves his best for last with "Man That Hung The Moon," a song about fatherhood that will likely bring many dads to tears. ...
For those fans worrying over the potential demise of bro country, rest easy; Brantley Gilbert is here to keep that flag flying high. Comprised of a solid set of radio ready rockers alongside a few tamer numbers, Gilbert sets out to prove the establishment wrong, rolling his way through 16 tales of hard living and partying. Yet, while Gilbert holds strong to the "bro country" stance, he's also very much his own man, allowing his faith and values to pull front and center as well. ...
With the third version of Brantley Gilbert's "Just as I Am," he has almost doubled the average country album track listing. The definitive Platinum Edition contains 19 tracks that feature his trademark rock inflected country sound. The original 11 tracks are still intact, with the addition of the 3 songs from the original deluxe edition. Added on at the end are five new songs that largely fit well with the tone of the album.
Those who originally purchased the regular edition ...
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