Song pays homage to Jo Dee Messina classic
Cole Swindell has garnered his fastest-rising single to date with “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” landing in the Top 10 at country radio in just eight weeks. The single sits at No. 10 on Mediabase/Country Aircheck and hit No. 1 this week on Sirius XM’s The Highway Hot 30 Weekend Countdown.
Swindell co-wrote the track — which is a play on Jo Dee Messina’s 1996 hit, “Heads Carolina, Tails California” — with Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure and Thomas Rhett. Mark D. Sanders and Tim Nichols, who wrote Messina’s hit, are also credited.
“She Had Me At Heads Carolina” is the followup to his two back-to-back recent multi-week No. 1 hits, “Never Say Never,” a duet with friend and BBR Music Group’s fast-rising new artist Lainey Wilson, and “Single Saturday Night,” the debut single from his new album Stereotype.
The 11x chart-topper, currently on the road throughout the summer, launches his headlining Back Down To The Bar Tour, featuring Ashley Cooke and Dylan Marlowe, on September 23rd. The Georgia native’s first headlining show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN on November 3rd has sold out and he is adding a second show on November 2nd.
