“Famous Friends” is available now
Multi-platinum performer Chris Young is returning to his roots in Rutherford County, TN, for his latest track, “Famous Friends.” Available to stream/download starting this Friday, November 20th, Young’s new single, featuring Kane Brown, impacts country radio at the start of the new year. The pair talk about the news for the first time on The Quad with Chris Young podcast.
While Young might be famous for his eleven No. 1 singles, nearly four billion music streams and sold out headlining shows, the Grammy and ACM-nominated vocalist and recent CMT Award winner celebrates his own real-life friends back home in Murfreesboro and Nashville, TN in his newest song:
“I’ve got some famous friends you’ve probably never heard of/But back in Rutherford County our crowd is second to none/You might not know ‘em here in this big city we’re in/But when I go back home I’ve got some famous friends.”
Written by Young with Cary Barlowe and Corey Crowder from a headline tour stop in Tampa in 2018, the pair teased the track on social media. The autobiographical song mentions Rutherford County, where Young grew up in Tennessee, and Brown’s hometown of Hamilton County along with Nashville’s Davidson County – a.k.a. Music City.
“This song is a piece of me, and it means a lot because it’s honest and it’s real-life,” shares Young. “Plus, Kane and I are good friends and being able to have that history together, it adds a whole other level to the track. ‘Famous Friends’ is one of my favorite songs – it’s personal and it’s a lot of fun, so I’m glad it’s getting out there for people to hear it.”
An anthemic tribute to the names, faces, and legendary stories that make up each hometown, “Famous Friends” is Young and Brown’s first collaboration since working together on Brown’s 2017 song “Setting the Night On Fire.” Additionally, the song reunites the former tour mates from Young’s 2018 Losing Sleep Headlining Tour — which included a sold out hometown show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena — and is a full-circle moment since Brown’s first live concert experience as a young country fan was a Brad Paisley and Chris Young tour stop.
