Riley Green just had another massive hit at radio. Green’s “Change My Mind,” recently became his latest No. 1 single. Keep reading to find out everything to know about one of Green’s biggest hits.
Who Wrote Riley Green’s “Change My Mind”
Green wrote “Change My Mind” with Erik Dylan and Randy Montana. The song is on Green’s latest Don’t Mind If I Do album.
What Riley Green Says About “Change My Mind”
By his own admission, “Change My Mind” might push the proverbial envelope, at least for some people. The song says in part, “Show up in a midnight sundress / Burn me up with a whiskey kiss / Look at me with them pretty brown eyes / And tell me lies just to change my mind / You know I’m giving in, so go ahead / Do it, baby, like you’ve done a thousand times / Change my mind.” But Green says that the song could have been even more suggestive than the final product.
“The lyrics that don’t make it into the songs are where we went too far,” Green explains. “So, we usually go there, and then we backtrack to a place where we think maybe somebody won’t be offended. But to a certain extent, ‘Worst Way’ is a pretty direct song. And it’s done really well for me, so I guess we don’t shy away from it too much.”
Why Riley Green Was Excited About Releasing “Change My Mind”
Green released “Change My Mind” while he also had a hit with “Don’t Mind If I Do,” his second duet with Ella Langley, at country radio. “Change My Mind” was not only the most first-week adds he has ever received, but it also became the most added song the week it was released.
“It’s always kind of crazy when you have songs like this where ‘Worst Way’ just blew up and became this huge song, and then ‘Don’t Mind If I Do’ did the same thing. ‘Change My Mind’ is one that really did, too. … Radio is still the biggest way to get songs out there,” Green tells Country Now.
Riley Green Announces New Album, ‘That’s Just Me’
“Change My Mind” was the last single from Don’t Mind If I Do. He is back at radio with “Think As You Drunk,” a song that features the late Toby Keith. “Think As You Drunk” is from Green’s next record, That’s Just Me, which is scheduled to be released on September 18.
“The only thing I feel anxious about in my career is that I want to take every opportunity I’ve been given to get as much out of it as I can,” Green tells Billboard. “There’s no sense of ‘I can relax now.’ I’ve never felt that. It always feels like, ‘OK, this next album has got to be bigger than the last one.’”
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