Format Digital download Length 3:14 | Genre Country Label RCA Nashville | |
Released June 20, 2016 (2016-06-20) Writer(s) Brad Tursi
Matt Jenkins
Matthew Ramsey
Trevor Rosen | ||
"Song for Another Time" is a song by American country music group Old Dominion. It was released to radio on June 20, 2016 as the third single from their debut studio album, Meat and Candy.
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Background
According to Matthew Ramsey, he first came up with the song title as his take on the saying, "That's a story for another time." However, the band could not find an idea that would fit the song title. A month later, while on tour with Kenny Chesney, he discussed the song again with bandmates Brad Tursi and Trevor Rosen, as well as songwriter Matt Jenkins who had joined them on the tour. They came up with the idea of telling the story of the breakup of a relationship, but doing it through other song titles. The wrote the song that night on the tour bus.
After the song was written, the band performed it at a sound check during the tour. They liked how it sounded so much that they decided to record the song for their album, even though they had already recorded all the songs necessary for the album: they called their producer, Shane McAnally, to reassemble the recording crew for one last song, and they quickly returned from the tour to record it. (They also recorded many of the background vocals in dressing rooms and hotel rooms so they could finish the recording.)
The lyrics for "Song For Another Time" contain twenty titles of songs. Songs referenced in the chorus include Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl", Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline", Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'", Hal Ketchum's "Small Town Saturday Night", the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", Lionel Richie's "Dancing on the Ceiling", Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream", Guns 'N Roses' "Paradise City", Hank Williams's "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", and Willie Nelson's "Always on My Mind".
Commercial reception
The song first debuted on Country Airplay at No. 53 for chart dated June 25, 2016, and entered the Hot Country Songs chart the following week at No. 44. The song peaked at No. 4 on Hot Country Songs chart, and reached No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart in December 2016, the second No. 1 for the band on the chart. The song has sold 309,000 copies in the US as of March 2017.
Music video
The music video was directed by Steve Condon and premiered in August 2016.