Format Digital download Length 3:18 | Genre Country Label Big Machine | |
Released January 26, 2015 (2015-01-26) Writer(s) Barry Dean
Luke Laird
Jonathan Singleton | ||
"Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" is a song recorded by American country music artist Tim McGraw featuring Catherine Dunn. It was released in January 2015 as the fourth and final single from his second studio album for Big Machine Records, Sundown Heaven Town. The song was written by Jonathan Singleton, Barry Dean and Luke Laird.
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Content
The song is a mid-tempo ballad featuring backing vocals from McGraw's cousin, Catherine Dunn. Its lyrics mainly compare certain objects such as "midnight and cigarette smoke, watered-down whiskey and Coke" to illustrate a story of two people who are incompatible with each other.
Critical reception
Jon Freeman of Country Weekly gave the song an A-, saying that "It's a gorgeous production: sparse without being skeletal, warm without being overbearing and perfectly tailored to Tim's oak-aged vocals." He said of the lyrics that "Not all of the pairings in the lyric make perfect sense, but that doesn't take anything away from the overall effect and message."
Music video
The music video was directed by Brian Olinger and premiered in March 2015.
Chart performance
The song has sold 298,000 copies in the US as of July 2015.