Blake Shelton.Photo: Todd Stefani
Calling all country folk!
Blake Sheltonis releasing a new single titled “Come Back as a Country Boy,” which is an ode to his roots and people of the same upbringing.
“I think this song is an anthem for everyday hardworking country people out there,“The Voicecoach said in a statement. “We have so much pride in who we are and what we do that, if we ever died and got the chance to live life over again, we probably wouldn’t do it if we couldn’t be country.”
Blake Shelton’s Body Language.Warner Music Nashville
In addition to “Come Back as a Country Boy,” the deluxe version ofBody Languagewill feature “We Can Reach the Stars,” the song Sheltonwrote Stefani for their wedding, among other tracks.
The hit album includes a duet between Shelton and his wifeGwen Stefanititled “Happy Anywhere.” The track, released in July 2020,toppedBillboard’s Country Airplay chart— making it Stefani’s second chart-topping country song.
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton.Steve Granitz/WireImage
The coupleshot the “Happy Anywhere” music video in Oklahoma, where they would laterget married on July 3, 2021.
“There was a camera shooting thethings we do every day,” Shelton told PEOPLE of the video in July 2020. “We make biscuits, fish, sing together,spend time with family… just a day in life!”
Still to this day, Stefani is grateful to have dove into country music with her husband.
Shelton headlined Music City’s Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Sept. 9. But before the show, the couple joined Shelton’s record label group Warner Music Nashville, BMI and a small, exclusive group of songwriters and publishers for an outdoor event to recognize the chart-topping success of Stefani and Shelton’s duets “Nobody But You” and “Happy Anywhere.”
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani arrive at BMI in Nashville for a No. 1 party celebrating “Nobody But You” and “Happy Anywhere”.Steve Lowry / BMI
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Shelton jokingly added, “[We] were laughing earlier that we now know we have to put Gwen on every song I release from now on if we want it to work. ‘Austin’ (Shelton’sfirst No. 1 song) was 20 years ago this year. To think that 20 years later I would still be standing here [celebrating hit songs] is my dream come true, and it’s because of the songwriters in this town.”
source: people.com
