Eric Church is ringing in 2019 with a lyrical powerhouse single entitled, “Some Of It.”
The song, co-written by Chuch, Bobby Olen Pinson, Clint Allen Daniels, and Jeff Hyde is one of Eric’s favorites, however, it barely made the cut to be included on the 'Desperate Man' record.
Eric shared the story with PopCulture.com saying, “I was playing the album for a dear friend of ours, and my wife was with me. This person loved the album, but my wife said, ‘But let me play you what didn’t make it.’ The first thing she played was ‘Some of It.’ And I hadn’t listened to it in a while, and it was always a favorite song of mine. It’s why it was the first one we took in, and I listened to it that night and I’m like…I’m gonna regret if I don’t record this song."
Katherine, Eric’s wife, always has input when choosing songs for the record and ‘Desperate Man’ was no exception.
"The reason it’s called 'Desperate Man' is from a point in time in the process where I became desperate to find an album," Church explained. "We approached this album just like we approach every album. We have a creative group of people. My manager, John Peets, my wife Katherine, [publisher] Arthur Buenahora, Jay Joyce, the producer, and myself, and we go in and take a batch of songs that we’ve been working on and they rate them one to four stars. And the four stars songs across the board – I get two votes even though they’ll deny that – the maximum amount is basically 20 points that you can get," he continued. "So, the songs that we started with for 'Desperate Man' were the 20-point songs. The cannot miss, these are the ones, and after three songs in the studio, none of those three songs are on the album."
Eric’s ‘Double Down Tour’ launches on Jan. 18 before making its way to 19 cities around the US. Find dates at EricChurch.com.
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