Atkins goes to number one

Atkins released the video for the song today as well.

Hollywood director Andy Tennant ("Fool's Gold," "Hitch," "Sweet Home Alabama," "Fools Rush In"), directed his first music video."Rodney Atkins is everything I never knew I always wanted in a country music star; ridiculously talented, soft-spoken and decent, and wonderfully humble," said Tennant.

The video was shot in Tennessee with locations in Nashville, Carthage, and White Bluff. Tennant describes the treatment: "Think of Rodney as the angel from Wender's 'Wings of Desire,' but instead of Brandenberg gate, he's perched high on an old water tower. (He's) beckoning people, like the call to prayer, back to the country Mecca of small town America...White Bluff."

Atkins wanted to bring a new feel to this video and bringing in the creativity of Tennant seemed like just the move to make. "Andy was so great to work with," said Atkins. "And the stunt man was incredible," he said jokingly in reference to his shots from the water tower and top of the Cordell Hull Bridge.

Atkins' new CD, "Take A Back Road," will be out Oct. 4.