Chart Update: “Ain’t Back Yet” up to #9

by Josh | 03.18.2010 | Posted In: Singles

Kenny Chesney’s latest single “Ain’t Back Yet” climbed two spots this week to number 9 on the Billboard Top Country Songs chart. It’s the fifth week on the chart for the song that is the end title for Kenny’s upcoming “Summer in 3D” movie.

Coming in at number 1 this week is Blake Shelton with “Hillbilly Bone.”

Click here to watch the new video for the song.

And you can download the single now from Amazon or iTunes.

New Music Video for “Ain’t Back Yet”

by Josh | 03.16.2010 | Posted In: Singles, Videos

CMT.com has posted Kenny Chesney’s music video for his latest single “Ain’t Back Yet.”

Click here to watch at CMT.com

The single, which is the end song for Kenny’s upcoming movie “Summer In 3D,” is currently at number 11 on the Billboard Top Country Songs chart.

Download the single now from Amazon or iTunes.

(H/T Kay)

Greatest Hits II Reissue Out Tomorrow, Listen To “Ain’t Back Yet”

by Josh | 02.08.2010 | Posted In: Albums, Singles

Last week the No Shoes Radio crew revealed that Greatest Hits II would be reissued to include “Ain’t Back Yet” and “This Is Our Moment.” Turns out the new version is out on Tuesday!

The album is available through Amazon for $10.99.

You can listen to both “Ain’t Back Yet” and “This Is Our Moment” here.

(h/t to TRButcher for passing this along)

Update – “Ain’t Back Yet” and “This Is Our Moment” will be released to iTunes on March 2nd

“Ain’t Back Yet” Hits Country Radio Today

by Josh | 02.08.2010 | Posted In: No Shoes Radio, Radio, Singles

Kenny Chesney’s latest single “Ain’t Back Yet” hits country radio today! So start calling in to your local station to request it.

You can also hear the song on No Shoes Radio… they’re playing it every hour.

“Ain’t Back Yet” is the end theme for Kenny’s upcoming 3D movie “Summer in 3D.”

Greatest Hits II Reissue Coming, Includes “Ain’t Back Yet”

by Josh | 02.03.2010 | Posted In: Albums, No Shoes Radio, Radio, Singles

No Shoes Radio went live again from the Hooters Super Pool Party in Miami, site of Sunday’s NFL Super Bowl.

Among the great music and dialogue, NSR played Kenny Chesney’s new single “Ain’t Back Yet” again and revealed that it would be included on an upcoming reissue of Greatest Hits II. The DJ’s also said that Kenny is in the studio working on the new album and that it will be out in the summer or fall.

Don’t forget to tune in to No Shoes Radio tonight to hear Uncle Kracker live! And who knows, maybe Kenny will show up too. You’ve got to tune in to find out!

No Shoes Radio Debuts “Ain’t Back Yet”

by Josh | 02.03.2010 | Posted In: No Shoes Radio, Singles

Kenny Chesney’s internet radio station No Shoes Radio is broadcasting live from Miami this week and if you tuned in Tuesday night you got a real treat: the debut of Kenny’s new song “Ain’t Back Yet.”

The single, which will hit the country radio airwaves on Monday, is the end theme for Kenny’s upcoming 3D movie “Summer in 3D.”

If you missed it, NSR will likely play it again on Wednesday night so be sure to tune in!

Did you hear the single? What do you think of it?

Kenny Releasing “Ain’t Back Yet” from Summer In 3D

by Josh | 01.21.2010 | Posted In: Radio, Singles, Summer In 3D

The end theme for Kenny Chesney’s upcoming “Summer In 3D” movie is being released to radio on February 8th. “Ain’t Back Yet,” written by Craig Wiseman and Chris Tompkins, is “pretty much everything about what happened to me, especially with the music,” says Chesney.

“You get so focused on what you’re trying to accomplish, it takes over… and there’s nothing that’s going to come between you and your dream. For some people, it’s sports; for me, it was the music. You know, there’s a price you pay to do this, but look at what this is…

“Or as the bridge [of the song] goes, ‘Lookin’ back at the moments, black and white/ I wouldn’t change a thing that changed my life/ For the worse, for the better, man, I was gone, gone forever… The laughs, the smiles, the trails, the tears/ It’s hard to hate what got me here…’ Pretty much sums it up.”

Kenny has recently been in L.A. doing voiceovers and overseeing final production for “Summer In 3D” and his excitement for the project is very evident.

“To see that kind of passion… To be able to really see those faces where I can just stand there and take it all in… Now that is something I don’t see very much, and I go to a lot of shows, and watch a lot of crowds, but the folks who come out for us, well, it’s something I can’t explain, but I can’t wait for the fans to get to see themselves, to get to see what me and the guys get to see every night! It’s cool.”

“Anyone who knows me knows I’m not afraid of the work – and I very much care about the quality of what I do,’ he says. ‘Some things are harder than others. Some things take more time. But honestly, I can’t think of very many things I’ve been as fired up about finishing and getting out to the fans.The places these cameras go, the way the songs and the people are captured. This truly is closer than you can get with a ticket, but it’s also the chance to see things from a perspective that’s not just mine, but where none of us could ever go.”

“Summer In 3D” will hit theaters April 21st.

“This Is Our Time” Hits The Radio Waves

by Josh | 01.16.2010 | Posted In: Singles

The song that was used by ESPN College Game Day last fall is Kenny Chesney’s new single for country radio. “This Is Our Time” debuted at number 50 this week on the Billboard Country Songs Chart.

There were only two other new songs to hit the chart: Colt Ford’s “Cold Beer,” featuring Jamey Johnson at number 59, and Luke Bryan’s “Rain Is a Good Thing” at number 60. At number one is Reba McEntire’s “Consider Me Gone.”

Chesney was inspired to start writing the song on a cocktail napkin last fall during a dinner in Nashville with play-by-play announcer Brett Musburger, football analyst Kirk Herbstreit and producer Bill Bonnell. Chesney was a guest on ESPN’s College Game Day telecast from Vanderbilt during their game against Auburn last year.

The song was used as an opening tease, as the networks went in and out of commercial breaks, and for promotions of upcoming programs and show elements across ABC and across ESPN platforms.

Download “This Is Our Time” at iTunes or AmazonMP3. You can also listen to it on Kenny’s MySpace.

Have you heard it yet on your local station?

David Nail’s New Single Co-written by Chesney

by Josh | 01.05.2010 | Posted In: Related Artists, Singles

Rising country music star David Nail has released his third single: “Turning Home”, a song written by Scooter Carusoe and Kenny Chesney (Carusoe wrote “Anything But Mine” and co-wrote “Better As A Memory”).

“Turning Home” treads some of Chesney’s favorite ground. No, not the sandy shores of the islands, but high school hallways. Like a lukewarm seeking missile, the lyrics hit on all the usual images: Friday night football games, drinking on the tailgate of your buddy’s truck, school dances with your first love. There’s a really nice moment where the lyrics state that those times are “Glory days [you] can’t relive/Stories [you'll] never forget,”, giving the song a sense of self-awareness about our collective fascination with and desire to re-experience the carefree days of youth.

You can download “Turning Home” at iTunes or AmazonMP3.

Download “This Is Our Time”

by Josh | 12.23.2009 | Posted In: Downloads, Singles

Throughout this year’s college football season ESPN has used a new Kenny Chesney song entitled “This Is Our Time” (previously reported as “This Is Our Moment”).

Chesney was inspired to start writing the song on a cocktail napkin last fall during a dinner in Nashville with play-by-play announcer Brett Musburger, football analyst Kirk Herbstreit and producer Bill Bonnell.

The single is now available for download from iTunes and Amazon MP3 for $1.29.

Also you can listen to the song in its entirety on Kenny’s MySpace.

(hat tip to Bailey)