Two all-female collabs reach Top 10

Miranda Lambert, Elle King, Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde have made country radio history with their collaborations. For the first time ever, two all-female collaborations have hit the Top 10 at country radio.

Lambert and King’s “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” lands at No. 3 on this week’s Mediabase chart while Pearce and McBryde’s “Never Wanted To Be That Girl” lands at No. 7.

“Drunk” hit No. 1 on both Billboard’s Country and Rock Digital Song Sales Chart last March, but is on track to hit the top spot on Mediabase within the next couple of weeks. “Girl” is predicted to hit by the end of April or early May, according to one chart insider.

Both tracks were early winners at the ACM Awards earlier this month. “Never Wanted To Be That Girl” took home Music Event of the Year and “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” won for Video of the Year.

“Drunk” was co-written by King with Martin Johnson, who also produced the track, and was recorded in Nashville and New York pre-pandemic. The video, filmed in Nashville, features an 80s-inspired wedding starring King as the bride and Lambert as her Maid of Honor complete with a cameo from King’s real-life fiancé as the groom.

Written by Pearce, McBryde and co-producer Shane McAnally, “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” is sung from the perspective of two women – the single girl thanking the guy who helped change her flat tire and the wife at home – discovering the man they’re involved with has someone else. The shattering truth in a text – for McBryde – and the reality of where he’s been when he gets home – for Pearce – finds the two women reeling as they consider their own blind spots in a painfully sobering moment.

The pair joined female and first-time director Alexa Campbell to film scenes of their parallel lives out of sync with the wrong guy. Each unassuming woman finds herself in a place she never wanted to be – both suspecting and discovering the truth about a liar. The clips captured just outside of Nashville find the two women visually reflecting as they consider their own blind spots in a painfully sobering moment.