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"Talladega"
Song

"Talladega" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Eric Church. It was released in September 2014 as the fourth single from his 2014 album The Outsiders.[1] Church wrote this song with Luke Laird.

Background and content

"Talladega" is a song about a man who is sharing memories from a trip made to Talladega Superspeedway with friends after his senior year in high school.[1] According to Church, this song was written and partially recorded on July 7, 2012, while he was on tour.[1] It was later recorded with his band in Nashville for release on The Outsiders.[1] Church took inspiration from watching a NASCAR race on television, but both he and co-writer Luke Laird said that the song is not really about racing.[1] Rather, Church said that the race and the song represents "that experience, whatever that is: the experience with the person next to you, and knowing that that’s probably a finite time in your life. It’s not gonna last forever."[1]

Music video

The accompanying music video of this song was directed by Peter Zavadil and premiered in December 2014.[2] Despite its title, the video was not filmed at Talladega Superspeedway, but was filmed at Nashville Superspeedway.[3]

Chart performance

"Talladega" debuted on the Country Digital Songs chart at No. 29, and Hot Country Songs at No. 41, with 14,000 sold when the album The Outsiders was released in February 2014.[4] After the song was released as a single in September, it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 90 for the charted dated November 8, 2014. It peaked at No. 43 on the Hot 100 for the chart dated February 7, 2015, and at No. 2 on the Hot Country Songs chart a week later. As of March 2015, the single has sold 534,000 copies in the United States.[5]

Chart (2014–15) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[6] 51
Canada Country (Billboard)[7] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 43
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[9] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[11] 93
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[12] 95
Chart (2015) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[13] 45
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[14] 41

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[15] Platinum 1,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Eric Church's 'Talladega' Circles A Defining Rite Of Passage" (PDF). Billboard. October 2, 2014. p. 2. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  2. ^ "CMT : Videos : Eric Church : Talladega". Country Music Television. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
  3. ^ Cassidy, Julianne (December 27, 2014). "Eric Church rolls out 'Talladega' music video". Nashville Edge. Retrieved November 4, 2015.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Alanna Conaway (February 19, 2014). "Country Chart News – The Top 30 Digital Singles – Feb 12, 2014: Miranda Debuts, Brantley Gilbert #1, Cole Swindell Remains Hot". Roughstock.
  5. ^ Matt Bjorke (March 18, 2015). "Country Music's Top 30 Digital Singles: Week of March 18, 2015". Roughstock. Sale figure given here
  6. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Eric Church Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Billboard Country Update for December 15, 2014" (PDF). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 15, 2014. p. 17. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  12. ^ "Best of 2014: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  13. ^ "Best of 2015: Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  14. ^ "Best of 2015: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  15. ^ "American single certifications – Eric Church – Talladega". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
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