Hell Right
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| Single by Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins | ||||
| from the album Fully Loaded: God's Country | ||||
| Released | August 16, 2019 | |||
| Genre | Country rap | |||
| Length | 3:27 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
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| Producer(s) | Scott Hendricks | |||
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"Hell Right" is a song written by David Garcia, Brett Tyler and Michael Hardy, and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton, featuring guest vocals from fellow country artist Trace Adkins. It was released on August 16, 2019 as the second single from Shelton's compilation album Fully Loaded: God's Country.
Background
[edit]"Hell Right" was written by David Garcia, Brett Tyler, and Hardy, the latter of whom also co-wrote Shelton's previous single, "God's Country". The song was written on May 29, 2019, a few months after "God’s Country" was recorded. Shelton heard the song, and recorded and released it within a month and a half.[1] According to Shelton, the song is about "taking things to the max," and that "you can raise hell or you can raise hell right".[2] The song also takes a jab at Lil Nas X's hit song "Old Town Road" in the line, sung by Shelton, "then the girl from the small town took off the 'Old Town' and put on a little Hank Jr."
"Hell Right" marks the second time that Shelton and Adkins have collaborated on a single release, following 2009's "Hillbilly Bone", which was a Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[3]
Commercial performance
[edit]"Hell Right" reached a peak of number 18 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, becoming Shelton's lowest-peaking single and his first to miss the top 10 since 2007's "The More I Drink". It was Adkins' first Top 20 country single since "Just Fishin'" in 2011.
It has sold 97,000 copies in the United States as of January 2020.[4] The song was certified gold by RIAA on February 27, 2020.[5]
Charts
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Certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[14] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[15] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
| ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Liptak, Carena (September 3, 2019). "Behind the Song: Blake Shelton (feat. Trace Adkins), 'Hell Right'". The Boot.
- ^ Hudak, Joseph (August 16, 2019). "Blake Shelton, Trace Adkins Want You to Raise 'Hell Right' in Rowdy New Collab". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Billy Dukes (August 16, 2019). "Blake Shelton Calls Upon Trace Adkins for 'Hell Right', His New Radio Single [Listen]". Taste of Country. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (January 25, 2020). "Top 30 Digital Country Downloads: January 24, 2020". Rough Stock. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum".
- ^ "Country Hot 50: Issue 1278". The Music Network. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
- ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "Blake Shelton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ "Canadian single certifications – Blake Shelton – Hell Right". Music Canada. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "American single certifications – Blake Shelton – Hell Right". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 8 October 2021.