Give Me Back My Hometown

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"Give Me Back My Hometown"
Single by Eric Church
from the album The Outsiders
Released January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07)[1]
Format Digital download
Recorded 2013–14
Genre Country
Length 4:12
Label EMI Nashville
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Jay Joyce
Eric Church singles chronology
"The Outsiders"
(2013)		 "Give Me Back My Hometown"
(2014)		 "Cold One"
(2014)

"Give Me Back My Hometown" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Eric Church. It is the second single from his 2014 studio album The Outsiders.

Critical reception

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the single 4 out of 5 stars, saying that "Jay Joyce’s production once again finds musically interesting things to do while Church earnestly sings about the loss of his hometown, not because it’s actually gone or changed but because the girl who helped it make it worthwhile has left him and the town back" and "for the middle of the road fan who likes the softer moments of Eric Church’s music…this one should easily be much more pleasing to them than "The Outsiders" was."[3]

Commercial performance

Eric Church had his best debut on the chart when the song opened at No. 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 39 on the Hot Country Songs on its week of release with 28,000 sold for the week.[1][4] The following week it climbed to No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 25 on the Hot Country Songs, and topped the Country Digital Song chart with 61,000 copies sold.[5] It peaked at No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 on its 14th week of release, and No. 4 on the Hot Country Songs chart on its 15th week. As of June 2014 the single has sold 758,000 downloads in the United States.[6]

The song also debuted at No. 61 on the Canadian Hot 100 on its first week of release and climbed to No. 30 on its second week.

Music video

Peter Zavadil directed the music video, which according to The Boot, "features Church singing as an ominous story plays out, including a priest (Steven Michael Quezada)[7] presiding over a roadside funeral in a rundown part of town."[8]

In response to the viewers' confusion over the meaning of the video's story, Church said "I don't understand it either." It has been revealed, however, that with every single and video released from the album, the story will continue to unfold.[9]

Chart performance

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[10] 30
Canada Country (Billboard)[11] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 36
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[13] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[14] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
Canada Canadian Hot 100[15] 94
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[16] 27
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[17] 15
Preceded by Billboard Canada Country
number-one single
April 19–26, 2014		 Succeeded by
"Drink to That All Night"
by Jerrod Niemann
Preceded by Billboard Country Airplay
number-one single
May 17, 2014		 Succeeded by
"Get Me Some of That"
by Thomas Rhett

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[18] Gold 40,000
United States (RIAA)[19] Platinum 1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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  9. ↑ http://theboot.com/eric-church-video-give-me-back-my-hometown/
  10. ↑ "Eric Church – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Eric Church.
  11. ↑ "Eric Church – Chart history" Billboard Canada Country for Eric Church.
  12. ↑ "Eric Church – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Eric Church.
  13. ↑ "Eric Church – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Eric Church.
  14. ↑ "Eric Church – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Eric Church.
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