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"One In Every Crowd" Single by Montgomery Gentry from the album Back When I Knew It All Released February 2, 2009 Format CD Single, digital download Genre Country Length 3:31 Label Columbia Nashville Writer(s) Ira Dean
Eddie Montgomery
Kim TribbleProducer Blake Chancey Montgomery Gentry singles chronology "Roll with Me"
(2008)"One in Every Crowd"
(2009)"Long Line of Losers"
(2009)"One in Every Crowd" is a song recorded by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It is the third single released from their sixth studio album, Back When I Knew It All. Eddie Montgomery, one-half of the duo, co-wrote the song with Kim Tribble and former Trick Pony bassist Ira Dean.
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"One in Every Crowd" is an up-tempo with electric guitar accompaniment, written by Eddie Montgomery (one-half of Montgomery Gentry), along with Kim Tribble and Ira Dean, the latter of whom was formerly bass guitarist in the group Trick Pony. Montgomery and Troy Gentry, the duo's other half, both sing lead vocals. The verses describe a male character at a bar who rouses the patrons until they want to party with him. In the verse, the narrator reveals that the character being described is himself ("There's one in every crowd / And it's usually me"). A crowd sings "hey y'all" after the choruses, and begins cheering before the final chorus.
Reception
Thom Jurek of allmusic gave the song a favorable description in his review of Back When I Knew It All. He described the song as "an anthemic, heartland rocker with a crowd-chanting chorus" and "redneck John Mellencamp to the extreme."[1] Allen Jacobs of Roughstock gave the song a positive review saying that the song is "adaptable to the saloon, the radio and the iPod, touching all ages as truly feel-good Pop with an honest message." [2]
Chart performance
"One in Every Crowd" debuted at number 49 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated February 7, 2009, and entered the Top 40 the next week.
Chart (2009) Peak
positionUS Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 5 US Billboard Hot 100[4] 53 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[5] 71 References
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "Montgomery Gentry - Back When I Knew It All Album Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1385272. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
- ^ Jacobs, Allen. "Montgomery Gentry - One in Every Crowd Single Review". Roughstock. http://www.roughstock.com/blog/montgomery-gentry-one-in-every-crowd. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
- ^ "Montgomery Gentry Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Country Songs for Montgomery Gentry. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Montgomery Gentry Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Montgomery Gentry. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Montgomery Gentry Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Montgomery Gentry. Prometheus Global Media.
Eddie Montgomery · Troy Gentry Studio albums Tattoos & Scars · Carrying On · My Town · You Do Your Thing · Some People Change · Back When I Knew It All · Rebels on the RunCompilation albums Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999–2005 · For Our HeroesSingles "Hillbilly Shoes" · "Lonely and Gone" · "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm" · "Self Made Man" · "All Night Long" (with Charlie Daniels) · "Merry Christmas from the Family" · "She Couldn't Change Me" · "Cold One Comin' On" · "My Town" · "Speed" · "Hell Yeah" · "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" · "You Do Your Thing" · "Gone" · "Something to Be Proud Of" · "She Don't Tell Me To" · "Some People Change" · "Lucky Man" · "What Do Ya Think About That" · "Back When I Knew It All" · "Roll with Me" · "One in Every Crowd" · "Long Line of Losers" · "Oughta Be More Songs About That" · "While You're Still Young" · "Where I Come From"Related articles Categories:- 2009 singles
- Montgomery Gentry songs
- Columbia Records singles
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