Austin Webb - "All Country On You"

[sabre14]

Artist: Austin Webb 
Single: "All Country On You"
Writers: Mark Irwin, Josh Kear, Chris Tompkins
Label: Streamsound Records
Add Date: January 5th, 2015
Source: All Access



Listen: All Access

Streamsound will launch Austin Webb's fourth radio single "All Country On You" on January 1st. He previously charted with "It's All Good", "Slip On By", and "Raise 'Em Up". "Slip On By" reached #39 on MB in early 2014.

Chart Run: 50* - 50* - 47* - 49* - 49* - 48* - 47* - 47* - 44* - 40* - 44* - 40* - 45 - 39* - 39* - 39* - 37* - 37* - 39* - 39 - 43 (Mediabase)

[sabre14]

Delivered to country radio today. The official impact date has now been set for Monday, January 5th.

[blueguitar]

This is a stinker! Sounds like a FGL tune. Not a fan of this.

[Uncle Lumpy]

Who green lights these songs / "artists"? This is embarrassingly bad.

[sabre14]

Nov 12, 2014 14:11:32 GMT -5 Uncle Lumpy said:

Who green lights these songs / "artists"? 

Byron Gallimore.

[gurustu]

Yeah, Streamsound is Byron's label and most likely they pulled from the Red Vinyl writer catalog (his pub company) as well. Probably had Austin (who i believe is one of the songwriters there too) team up with another co-writer there (possibly Mark Irwin); but I surely hope not because Mark is MUCH better than this dribble. This is absolutely terrible and just another nail in contemporary Country's coffin. Enough is enough with these FGL wannabe bro-country songs already!

[sabre14]

Nov 12, 2014 15:00:31 GMT -5 gurustu said:

Yeah, Streamsound is Byron's label and most likely they pulled from the Red Vinyl writer catalog (his pub company) as well. Probably had Austin (who i believe is one of the songwriters there too) team up with another co-writer there (possibly Mark Irwin); but I surely hope not because Mark is MUCH better than this dribble. This is absolutely terrible and just another nail in contemporary Country's coffin. Enough is enough with these FGL wannabe bro-country songs already!

We have yet to hear the studio version of this though I agree with the consensus that this isn't good. I will say that his first three singles production has been decent to very good and I hope that the production on the studio version isn't the over produced messes that are some of FGLs' tunes. I also don't quite see this as an FGL type song. Again, the studio version of this will probably sway me definitively one way or the other but right now I simply put this in the "not good" category. Believe me, I've heard far worse this calendar year.

It seems that "Slip On By" was an aberration. This is now two singles in a row that have not been good. Byron loves Austin though and I believe that you might be seeing Austin Webb on Streamsound's roster for a little while yet since the label has resources, just not the name recognition.

Edit: gurustu This is a Mark Irwin song. Other two writers are the writing tandem of Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins.

[gurustu]

Nov 12, 2014 15:14:51 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Edit: gurustu This is a Mark Irwin song. Other two writers are the writing tandem of Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins.

Ahhhh, doesn't surprise me one bit.  Congrats to Mark on yet ANOTHER cut then (which he just got another #1 with Neon Light recently too), but I still think Mark is a better writer than this nonsense; that goes to Josh and Chris too; but they are just going with the flow on what's popular today and if it keeps working for them then more power to 'em!

[sabre14]

Studio version is up on All Access

[gurustu]

The studio version doesn't change my opinion on this song, just solidify's the fact that it's still awful!

[Dustin J.]

I was actually prepared to completely hate the studio version but, honestly, I don't think it sounds too bad.

[sabre14]

Most added on MB this week with 29 adds.

[rsmatto]

Jan 5, 2015 15:42:51 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Most added on MB this week with 29 adds.

While it may ultimately mean nothing. This is still a feather in Austin Webb's cap.

[gurustu]

Jan 5, 2015 15:54:51 GMT -5 rsmatto said:

Jan 5, 2015 15:42:51 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Most added on MB this week with 29 adds.

While it may ultimately mean nothing. This is still a feather in Austin Webb's cap.

Yeah well, I haven't had much faith in the Mediabase Stations lately so I guess I shouldn't be surprised!!  To go along with what someone else said earlier.... "who greens light this kind of crap and WHY in the hell are the Mediabase stations adding it?"  That's part of the problem these days with Country radio, as long as the stations keep adding and spinning this junk the more it'll just keep getting written, then cut and pushed to radio again.

[sabre14]

Jan 5, 2015 16:15:09 GMT -5 gurustu said:

Jan 5, 2015 15:54:51 GMT -5 rsmatto said:

While it may ultimately mean nothing. This is still a feather in Austin Webb's cap.

Yeah well, I haven't had much faith in the Mediabase Stations lately so I guess I shouldn't be surprised!!  To go along with what someone else said earlier.... "who greens light this kind of crap and WHY in the hell are the Mediabase stations adding it?"  That's part of the problem these days with Country radio, as long as the stations keep adding and spinning this junk the more it'll just keep getting written, then cut and pushed to radio again.

I think that the 29 first week adds here are more about Streamsound's relentless promotion for Austin rather than the song itself. Not to say that the song isn't the kind of song that radio eats up, cause it is; but Streamsound has made it clear to radio that they have the resources and money to keep promoting Austin's songs. Whether they'd be good one's ("Slip On By") or bad one's ("Raise 'Em Up"), this label has decided to make him their breadwinner so far in their short time on the scene.

The first week of the year add date and no competition this week certainly helped here as well.

[gurustu]

Jan 5, 2015 16:23:49 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Jan 5, 2015 16:15:09 GMT -5 gurustu said:

Yeah well, I haven't had much faith in the Mediabase Stations lately so I guess I shouldn't be surprised!!  To go along with what someone else said earlier.... "who greens light this kind of crap and WHY in the hell are the Mediabase stations adding it?"  That's part of the problem these days with Country radio, as long as the stations keep adding and spinning this junk the more it'll just keep getting written, then cut and pushed to radio again.

I think that the 29 first week adds here are more about Streamsound's relentless promotion for Austin rather than the song itself. Not to say that the song isn't the kind of song that radio eats up, cause it is; but Streamsound has made it clear to radio that they have the resources and money to keep promoting Austin's songs. Whether they'd be good one's ("Slip On By") or bad one's ("Raise 'Em Up"), this label has decided to make him their breadwinner so far in their short time on the scene.

The first week of the year add date and no competition this week certainly helped here as well.

All good points that make sense!

[hosssulpizio]

I really hope this song does well because it is extremely catchy.

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Feb 15, 2015 22:29:34 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Austin cracks the MB top 50 at #50 this week. It's Austin's second top 50 single ("Slip On By") and Streamsound's fourth overall ("Somethin' Like Somethin", "Slip On By", "Trailer Hitch").

Question: I see Austin showing in the published report on AllAccess, but they show his "TW" position as #52...why is that? Big & Rich's "Run Away With You" ahead of him is at #49, and Maddie & Tae's "Fly" is at #48. But for Austin it lists him as #52, not #50.

[sabre14]

jhomes87. Disregard my last post. 

All Access did have Austin at #52 and Rodney's "Eat Sleep Love You Repeat" is at #50 (here). All Access updated it around Midnight (Austin was there around 11:45 p.m. ET). I suspect Josh Dorr or Craig Wayne Boyd is at #51, but that's just my best guess with last week's MB numbers.

Ugh, All Access is making look like a schmuck lately.

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Feb 16, 2015 0:40:13 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

jhomes87. Disregard my last post. 

All Access did have Austin at #52 and Rodney's "Eat Sleep Love You Repeat" is at #50 (here). All Access updated it around Midnight (Austin was there around 11:45 p.m. ET). I suspect Josh Dorr or Craig Wayne Boyd is at #51, but that's just my best guess with last week's MB numbers.

Ugh, All Access is making look like a schmuck lately.

I've actually seen this several times before with AllAccess, and I think it's because the Mediabase country chart is the only one to rank songs by points instead of spins (like in other genres). So every now and then it happens where the bottom 1-2 songs in the afternoon/evening update will show up because they have higher spin totals--but lower point totals--than the songs that should actually be in those bottom couple of spots. So I suspect it's something that the AllAccess people have to go in and manually correct on occasion, because again, the country format is the only one to use a points system.

Sure enough, Rodney Atkins has 54 fewer spins than Austin Webb does, but Rodney (obviously) beats him out in points.

PS: An inside source tells me that Carrie Underwood is most likely at #51 with "Little Toy Guns", with Austin at #52, and then probably Will Hoge, Jackie Lee, Parmalee, Josh Dorr, Craig Wayne Boyd, and Mo Pitney after that. Will and Jackie are done though and continuing to decrease.

[sabre14]

^ Jackie's is certainly finished and I don't suspect his song will even show up on the new and active list tomorrow.

Thanks for the logical explanation jhomes87. I totally forgot about "Little Toy Guns".

Getting back to Austin, it's still a good sign his song is moving at a steady pace (though I really am not a fan of this song, lol).

[sabre14]

Official Lyric Video:



IMO, they might as well have gone the extra 20% or so and made a music video. But I guess they felt the lyrics were that important...

[Uncle Lumpy]

^LMAO! You would think they would try avoid shining a light on those "lyrics".

[sabre14]

Whoa. WYRK just played this and that would be the first time they've added an Austin Webb single. It actually adds up since they were huge spinners of "Trailer Hitch" (still kinda are actually, despite it going recurrent on MB tomorrow), so they must be building up some good relationships with Streamsound Records.

Just a theory, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Austin be added to the WYRK Taste Of Country this summer at Coca-Cola field with this seemingly "out of left field" add. Same thing happened with Joel Crouse - WYRK added "If You Want Some" and "Why God Made Love Songs" and he was added to the lineup.

[Kentucky25]

I don't see what's so offensive about this song to everyone?
I mean I've seen a bunch of positive feedback for Blake Shelton's "Sangria" and it's just as bro-country as this (just because you're having a boozed filled night somewhere other than a truck bed doesn't make things much better). Sure this isn't a gem of a country song really, but I mean it's just a goofy song that hits the same themes that "Before He Cheats" does (even named-drops it). It's not objectifying women, it's saying she'll go country-crazy because of the things a man does, so the fault is all on the guy. I mean, it's a silly song so why everyone is hating on it is kind of beyond me. I guess I just don't see the hate for this when other songs that are just as "bro" are being praised. Oh well, just my opinion.

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Mar 9, 2015 20:50:55 GMT -5 Kentucky25 said:

I don't see what's so offensive about this song to everyone?
I mean I've seen a bunch of positive feedback for Blake Shelton's "Sangria" and it's just as bro-country as this (just because you're having a boozed filled night somewhere other than a truck bed doesn't make things much better). Sure this isn't a gem of a country song really, but I mean it's just a goofy song that hits the same themes that "Before He Cheats" does (even named-drops it). It's not objectifying women, it's saying she'll go country-crazy because of the things a man does, so the fault is all on the guy. I mean, it's a silly song so why everyone is hating on it is kind of beyond me. I guess I just don't see the hate for this when other songs that are just as "bro" are being praised. Oh well, just my opinion.

I take it that you don't like "Sangria"? I'm certainly not saying everyone has to like the song, but I definitely don't see how it's a bro-country song. It's a simple song about getting away and getting lost in somebody; it's written with visual lyrics, sung with smooth vocals, and it has a really engaging melody.

I can't really comment on the Webb song because it sounded so ridiculously corny the one time I heard it that I had to turn it off. I don't know if Webb's song is offensive or not, if it objectifies women or not, if it's what I'd classify as a bro-country song...but I don't think that drinking wine and having a night of romance in a hotel (which is in the lyrics of "Sangria") makes a song a bro-country song.

Anyone can have their own definition of what bro-country is, but if "Sangria" is a bro-country song, then I feel like 95% of the songs in the genre could be classified as bro-country.

[sabre14]

Lyrically it isn't, to me anyway. But the sound? That's why it doesn't do anything for me. It's so generic and loud in the production. It sounds like so many other songs the past three years.

[dm2081]

Hmmm, I might be in the minority here, but I actually kind of like this. Is it award worthy? Absolutely not. But is it a nice little ditty that's fun enough? Yup. It sounds like a more lighthearted version of "Redneck Crazy".

[Kentucky25]

Mar 9, 2015 21:06:13 GMT -5 jhomes87 said:

Mar 9, 2015 20:50:55 GMT -5 Kentucky25 said:

I don't see what's so offensive about this song to everyone?
I mean I've seen a bunch of positive feedback for Blake Shelton's "Sangria" and it's just as bro-country as this (just because you're having a boozed filled night somewhere other than a truck bed doesn't make things much better). Sure this isn't a gem of a country song really, but I mean it's just a goofy song that hits the same themes that "Before He Cheats" does (even named-drops it). It's not objectifying women, it's saying she'll go country-crazy because of the things a man does, so the fault is all on the guy. I mean, it's a silly song so why everyone is hating on it is kind of beyond me. I guess I just don't see the hate for this when other songs that are just as "bro" are being praised. Oh well, just my opinion.

I take it that you don't like "Sangria"? I'm certainly not saying everyone has to like the song, but I definitely don't see how it's a bro-country song. It's a simple song about getting away and getting lost in somebody; it's written with visual lyrics, sung with smooth vocals, and it has a really engaging melody.

I can't really comment on the Webb song because it sounded so ridiculously corny the one time I heard it that I had to turn it off. I don't know if Webb's song is offensive or not, if it objectifies women or not, if it's what I'd classify as a bro-country song...but I don't think that drinking wine and having a night of romance in a hotel (which is in the lyrics of "Sangria") makes a song a bro-country song.

Anyone can have their own definition of what bro-country is, but if "Sangria" is a bro-country song, then I feel like 95% of the songs in the genre could be classified as bro-country.

Not that I dislike it, just find it to be "there", not good not bad, just there.  I mean to each their own really.

It's not that I think it's bro-country that makes me dislike it, I just feel like it's kind of a bland song.  I mean I could argue there's more substance to FGL's "Confession" than there is that song even if FGL's is much more bro production wise.

I mean I just don't see why the same complaints against bro-country songs aren't being thrown at "Sangria"...to me it's the same focus on sexualizing women that everyone has complained about with bro, just in a different setting.

In regards to this song, I agree it's nothing special, but I don't think it deserves the negativity.  Like dm2081 said, it's like "Redneck Crazy" lite, mixed with some "Before He Cheats".

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Mar 9, 2015 22:33:58 GMT -5 Kentucky25 said:

I mean I just don't see why the same complaints against bro-country songs aren't being thrown at "Sangria"...to me it's the same focus on sexualizing women that everyone has complained about with bro, just in a different setting.

I guess I just don't see how you get this from "Sangria", at all. There is no "sexualizing" or "objectifying" of women in that song. I'd say it's certainly got a sexy/romantic vibe, but it's about two people getting lost in the moment and lost in their passion for one another...it's not some dudes saying "damn, that is one hot girl, I wish she'd slide her fine little ass over here so I could set her up on the kitchen sink". <--that is objectifying a woman.