Kick the Dust Up
"Kick the Dust Up" | ||||
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Single by Luke Bryan | ||||
from the album Kill the Lights | ||||
Released | May 19, 2015 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Recorded | 2015 | |||
Genre | Bro-country | |||
Length | 3:13 | |||
Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
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"Kick the Dust Up" is a song recorded by American country music artist Luke Bryan. Released May 19, 2015 as the lead single to his fifth studio album, Kill the Lights, which was released on August 7, 2015, it is Bryan's thirteenth number one single, and his tenth number one in a row.[1]
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Release
Bryan had been playing the song live during the last leg of his That's My Kind of Night Tour and current tour Kick the Dust Up. He officially announced the song on May 19, 2015, along with his new album while appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Critical reception
Shortly after its release, Brian Mansfield of USA Today called the song the song of the week, saying the song "is an all-night party thumper for people who feel penned in by crowded bars with expensive drinks, and need some room to dance — even if it means having to watch where they step."[2]
Other reviews were more negative. Grady Smith of The Guardian gave the song a less favorable review, comparing it to his previous single "That's My Kind of Night," saying it "follows the same derivative party-in-a-cornfield formula that so many other country songs have trodden in the past decade, despite outcry against the glut of dime-a-dozen tailgate tunes. Really, that’s no surprise given that it’s the brainchild of Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley and Chris DeStefano – the exact same writers behind That’s My Kind of Night."[3] Smith went further to say "There is so little to say about Kick the Dust Up because it’s hardly a song. It’s just a collection of trite phrases about back roads and alcohol that data researchers have determined country consumers are used to hearing on the radio and are thus amenable to hearing again."[3]
Music video
The music video, composed of live footage from the 2015 CMT Music Awards, was directed by Joe DeMaio and premiered in June 2015.
Commercial performance
"Kick the Dust Up" debuted on the Hot Country Songs at No. 49 the week before its official release. It was the best selling country song of the week when it was released for sale, debuting as No. 1 on the Country Digital Songs with 127,000 copies sold. It rose to No. 1 on both the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, and No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] It reached over a million in sales by November 2015.[5] As of January 2016, the song has sold 1,090,000 copies in the US.[6]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Preceded by | Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single August 8–15, 2015 |
Succeeded by "House Party" by Sam Hunt |
Preceded by | Billboard Canada Country number-one single August 8–22, 2015 |
Succeeded by "Crash and Burn" by Thomas Rhett |
Preceded by | Billboard Country Airplay number-one single August 15, 2015 |
Succeeded by "Kiss You in the Morning" by Michael Ray |
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- 2015 songs
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- Capitol Records Nashville singles
- Songs written by Dallas Davidson
- Songs written by Chris DeStefano
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- Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles
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- Billboard Country Airplay number-one singles