Yeah (Joe Nichols song)

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"Yeah"
File:Yeah (Joe Nichols single).jpg
Single by Joe Nichols
from the album Crickets
Released January 27, 2014 (2014-01-27)
Format Music download
Genre Country
Length 3:51
Label Red Bow
Writer(s) Ashley Gorley
Bryan Simpson
Producer(s) Mickey Jack Cones
Tony Brown
Joe Nichols singles chronology
"Sunny and 75"
(2013)		 "Yeah"
(2014)		 "Hard to Be Cool"
(2014)

"Yeah" is a song recorded by American country music artist Joe Nichols. It was released in January 2014 as his second single for Red Bow Records and from his eighth studio album, Crickets. In July 2014, it became his fifth #1 hit on the Country Airplay chart.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo about a man experiencing a summer night with a woman.[1] Throughout, he responds to various situations with the word "Yeah".

Reception

Critical

Giving it a "B", Tammy Ragusa of Country Weekly praised the production: "there's something about that opening riff and midtempo, thumping groove that hints toward all of the warm-weather goodness that the impending summer holds—without being an in-your-face bikinis, babes and brews blaster." She also praised the "warmth" of Joe Nichols' voice.[1]

Commercial

"Yeah" debuted at #59 on the U.S. Billboard Country Airplay chart for the week of January 25, 2014, at #44 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of March 1, 2014, and at #98 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of May 10, 2014. The song was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 29, 2014.[2] As of September 2014, It had sold 612,000 copies in the U.S.[3]

The song also debuted at #84 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart for the week of June 21, 2014.

Music video

The music video was directed by Wes Edwards and premiered in May 2014.[4]

Charts and certifications

Preceded by Billboard Country Airplay
number-one single
July 26–August 9, 2014		 Succeeded by
"We Are Tonight"
by Billy Currington
Billboard Canada Country
number-one single
August 2–9, 2014		 Succeeded by
"Bartender"
by Lady Antebellum

References

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  5. ↑ Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=793 "Joe Nichols – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Joe Nichols.
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  7. ↑ Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=379 "Joe Nichols – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Joe Nichols.
  8. ↑ Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=1226 "Joe Nichols – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Joe Nichols.
  9. ↑ Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=357 "Joe Nichols – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Joe Nichols.
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