Hear Jimmie Allen + Keith Urban’s Duet, ‘Boy Gets a Truck’

Discographies collide for Jimmie Allen and Keith City on the not too long ago introduced Gold Edition of Allen’s collaborations job, Bettie James. The tracklist features a duet rendition of “Boy Receives a Truck,” a track that both of those City and Allen have recorded solo right before.

“Boy Gets a Truck,” which was penned by Ash Bowers and Aaron Scherz, seems on Urban’s 2016 Ripcord album — the identical task that produced hits such as “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” and “Blue Ain’t Your Color.” When he place that album out, Urban told Style of Country that “Boy Receives a Truck” — when it is really nevertheless arguably Ripcord‘s most regular country song — arrived to him as a rather straight-ahead, lyric-concentrated demo, and he and his producer Dann Huff allow their imaginations operate wild.

“I took the tune to Dann Huff and said, ‘This is these a fantastic lyric … I think we can choose the music atmosphere-clever and electricity-smart to a complete other anthemic area in the studio,'” Urban stated.

Like City, Allen’s recognized for fusing genres and blending musical variations and inspirations in reality, which is a main aspect of the influence that led him to make Bettie James with artists from this kind of a extensive assortment of stylistic backgrounds.

“When it comes to audio I adore, I will not genuinely get wrapped up in boundaries or genres,” the singer explains of his framework for Bettie James Gold Version‘s tracklist.

“There’s some pop, there is some rock, there’s some state, there is some R&B. I got a probability to function with legends!” Allen carries on. “When I was writing some of the tunes, I was striving to photograph each individual instant. I went to each and every artist to function with them so they could be who they are on the tune and convey their greatness to the song – I experience like which is what can make the tunes superior. I’m super happy of the entire body of perform of this album and just cannot wait around for people to listen to it.”

For his component, Allen had presently recorded a solo variation of “Boy Will get a Truck” for his debut album, Mercury Lane, which came out in 2018. Ash Bowers — who co-wrote the song — generated that album for Allen, and is also a co-writer on 5 further tracks.

In addition to City, Bettie James Gold Version also features Breland, Pitbull, Minimal Large Town, Nelly, Tim McGraw, Micky Guyton and numerous far more as duet associates.