TV Performance Premiere of Song on NBC’s “People’s Choice Country Awards”
Impacts Country Radio Monday, Sept. 30
“Paisley suggests that we take that ol’ vehicle out for a spin again to rekindle romance and memories. Warmly nostalgic and rhythm happy.”
–Bob Oermann/MusicRow
Nashville, TN – September 27, 2024- Country music superstar Brad Paisley is releasing a new song across all digital platforms today, “Truck Still Works”. The song, written by Paisley, Chris Dubois, Will Bundy, Hunter Phelps and Rodney Clawson, and produced by Luke Wooten and Paisley, had its radio world premiere yesterday and impacts country radio on Monday, September 30. Bob Oermann in Music Row Magazine said about the song, “Paisley suggests that we take that ol’ vehicle out for a spin again to rekindle romance and memories. Warmly nostalgic and rhythm happy.”
LISTEN TO “TRUCK STILL WORKS” | HERE
Paisley performed the song for the first time for television audiences during last night’s NBC “People’s Choice Country Awards.” Watch the Today Show Dylan Dreyer get an exclusive behind the scenes look at Brad’s performance rehearsals.
The on-purpose sonic direction and lyrics of “Truck Still Works” are an ode to one of the biggest hits of his career, “Mud On The Tires” which he wrote with Dubois and became a #1 single in 2005. “Truck Still Works” is one of many songs Brad has written lately that has new inspired an entirely new album to come.
“‘Truck Still Works’ is a track where everything old is new again,” says Paisley. “We debated on how much to really allude to the original (“Mud On The Tires”) and there were questions like ‘Do you moonlight in a duck blind, catfish on a trot line?’ What do you not put in, what’s too much, what is enough and what is not enough? And trust me, we tried each of those and it was really fun. I think it was Chris Dubois’ idea to end the first verse with the line, ‘How about a little test drive down by the lake.’ It was really fun to go through the process of what makes this song both new and old. What I love about it is that the groove, the feel, is all very modern and very country. We hope it’s a blast for anyone who’s a current fan or for someone to become a new fan.”
Brad is also slated to perform “Truck Still Works” on the American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special airing Sunday, October 6 at 8PM ET on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+.
I didn’t know she was back in town
Seemed like it been forever
She said it’s good to be back home
But you know what would make it better
You still got that short bed Chevy, we put the memory miles on
I’m sure you sold that thing, I smiled and said “you’re wrong”
It’s in the barn out back and if I can get that thing to crank
How ‘bout a little test drive down by the lake
Let’s see if that truck still works, let’s see if that song still sings
Let’s see if them miles of corn still got that shade of green
Let’s see if we can find that place I used to know about
Let’s see if they paved that old, dirt road that used to run out
Find out if that dogwood limb is still there to hang our shirts
If you ain’t got nothin’ else to do tonight, let’s see if that truck still works
We can roll the windows down, I bet I’ve still got two or three
Hair ties on the gear shift and a ball cap behind the seat
If you miss those old times, the sun sets ’bout nine
And I’ve got a four-wheel drive time machine
Let’s see if that truck still works, let’s see if that song still sings
Let’s see if them miles of corn still got that shade of green
Let’s see if we can find that place I used to know about
Let’s see if they paved that old, dirt road that used to run out
Find out if that dogwood limb is still there to hang our shirts
If you ain’t got nothin’ else to do tonight, let’s see if that old truck still works
‘Cause it’s a good night to soak that moonlight in
And with a little luck we might get stuck again
Let’s see if that truck still works, let’s see if that song still sings
Let’s see if them miles of corn still got that shade of green
Let’s see if we can find that place I used to know about
Let’s see if they paved that old, dirt road that used to run out
Find out if that dogwood limb is still there to hang our shirts
If you ain’t got nothin’ else to do tonight, let’s see if that old truck still works