The video for Cole Swindell‘s “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” is out, and as promised, it features Jo Dee Messina. The song, a take on Messina’s debut single, “Heads Carolina, Tails California,” is from Swindell’s latest Stereotype album, out now.
Messina plays a bartender in the video, which centers around one massive karaoke party. Swindell’s girlfriend, Courtney Little, has a cameo as well.
“The official music video for “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” is out NOW,” Swindell tweeted. “Thank you [Jo Dee Messina] for being my bartender.”
Swindell wrote “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” with Thomas Rhett, Ashley Gorley and Jesse Frasure, adding the “Heads Carolina, Tails California” writers Tim Nichols and Mark D. Sanders in the credits as well.
“Out of all the ‘90s country songs we all love, I don’t think anybody would have thought we would have picked that one, but I think that’s what makes it special,” Swindell said at a recent media event.
“She Had Me At Heads Carolina” was already written when Swindell reached out to Messina about the song.
“I finally got her contact info,” Swindell shared. “I had been wanting to reach out to her, and tell her what a fan I was. I think I might have met her at a festival years ago, briefly, when I was selling t-shirts. We don’t really know each other … I just got her number and just sent her a text letting her know that it was me and that I’ve been wanting to reach out and that I finally got her contact. [I] just let her know what a fan I was and that the original song, without that, obviously, I would have never had this idea. I just wanted her to know I wanted her to be as much of a part of it as she wanted to be. Or if not at all, that’s fine too.”
Swindell will kick off his Back Down To the Bar Tour on September 23 in Helotes, Texas. Swindell recently added a second night to his headlining show at the Ryman Auditorium, taking place on November 2, after his November 3 date sold out. Find music and tour dates at ColeSwindell.com.
