"Someone I Used to Know"
Single by Zac Brown Band
from the album The Owl
ReleasedNovember 9, 2018 (2018-11-09)
Genre
Length3:29
LabelBBR
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Andrew Watt
  • Happy Perez
Zac Brown Band singles chronology
"Roots"
(2018) 		"Someone I Used to Know"
(2018) 		"Leaving Love Behind"
(2020)
Music video
"Someone I Used to Know" on YouTube

"Someone I Used to Know" is a song by American country music band Zac Brown Band. As a single from their sixth studio album The Owl. The song was written by Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Ben Simonetti, Andrew Watt, Shawn Mendes and produced by Andrew Watt and Happy Perez.

Background

The song was co-written by Shawn Mendes, who the band got acquainted during their performance on CMT Crossroads. Zac said: "Shawn is an incredibly talented artist and it's been exciting to watch his career rise over the past few years. We've had fun collaborating together, this Crossroads will be very special with huge vocals and musicality. It will be unexpected and something that both sets of fans will enjoy."[2]

Music video

The music video was uploaded on December 21, 2018, directed by Phillip R Lopez. The video told a story about a high school football star who enlists, goes to war and returns with post-traumatic stress disorder, and it opened with a vivid sex scene and featured an interlude in which the main character and his fellow troops are attacked while on patrol. Upon his return home, he struggles with relationships, employment and his underlying PTSD.[3]

Commercial performance

The song has sold 90,000 copies in the United States as of October 2019.[4]

Live performance

On June 5, 2019, Zac Brown Band performed the song on CMT Music Awards[5]

Charts

References

  1. ^ Unterberger, Andrew (June 5, 2019). "Zac Brown Band Perform Massive-Sounding 'Someone I Used to Know' at the 2019 CMT Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Close, Paris (November 10, 2018). "Zac Brown Band Release 'Someone I Used To Know,' Co-Written By Shawn Mendes". iHeartRadio. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Hudak, Joseph (December 21, 2018). "Zac Brown Band Addresses PTSD in Intense 'Someone I Used to Know' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Bjorke, Matt (October 8, 2019). "Top 30 Country Digital Singles Chart: October 7, 2019". RoughStock. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  5. ^ Bonaguro, Alison (June 6, 2019). "Get to Know Someone Zac Brown Band Used to Know". CMT News. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  6. ^ "Zac Brown Band Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  7. ^ "Zac Brown Band Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  8. ^ "Zac Brown Band Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  9. ^ "Zac Brown Band Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  10. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
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