SCOTTY
McCREERY’S “FIVE MORE MINUTES” GETS ITS TIME
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RELEASE TO DIGITAL RETAILERS AND STREAMING SERVICES
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The phrase “the song remembers when” was definitely true for Scotty McCreery when he wrote “Five More Minutes” in 2015, a fan favorite that he first premiered on The Grand Ole Opry stage last year. In the song, a reflective McCreery recalls events ranging from an early date with longtime sweetheart Gabi to his grandfather’s final moments. He is finally sharing it with the world this Friday, May 5, through digital retailers (including UK iTunes | US iTunes | Amazon UK | Amazon.com) and online streaming services.
“Fans have been asking me for months to release it. When Frank, Monty and I got together to write, we talked about all those moments we could’ve used five more minutes to say ‘I love you’ or ‘goodbye’….it poured out. Now we can get it out to fans on Friday, May 5. 'Five More Minutes' on 5/5… it’s fate. And it’s my favorite song I’ve ever written.”
McCreery wrote “Five More Minutes” with Frank Rogers and Monty Criswell in 2015, two weeks after the passing of his paternal grandfather who serves as a major inspiration for the song. In a few minutes’ time, McCreery takes the listener on an emotional journey through both the joys and sorrows of life, ending with a plea for “five more minutes” with his grandfather. The song was produced by Rogers.
It took @ScottyMcCreery two years to get 'Five More Minutes' released. @randytravis thinks it was worth the wait.https://t.co/2mOF9ZNoJV pic.twitter.com/2UI0PXMLXz— Tennessean Music (@TNMusicNews) 5 May 2017
The
multi-Platinum-selling singer debuted the song on the Grand Ole Opry in June
2016 to a standing ovation and thunderous applause. A video of the performance
was soon posted to the Opry’s YouTube channel, quickly garnering millions of
views in spite of the fact that the song had not yet been released. The
performance recently earned McCreery a Rare Country Award for Grand Ole Opry
Moment of the Year.
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McCreery
made history in 2011 as both the first country artist and the youngest male
artist to debut his first studio album, the Platinum-certified Clear as
Day, at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 album
chart. He has gone on to see all three of his albums debut at No. 1 on
a Billboard album chart, with current sales nearing 3 million
copies. In addition to receiving both a Platinum and Gold album, he’s earned
one Gold single and three Platinum singles, and achieved two Top Ten hits with
“Feelin’ It” and “See You Tonight.” The latter song earned McCreery both his
first BMI Award for writing one of the Top 50 Country Songs of 2015 and his
first Music Row No. 1 Challenge Coin. He was named the
ACM New Artist of the Year Award in 2011, won the CMT Music Award for
Breakthrough Video of the Year (“The Trouble with Girls”) in 2012; and American
Country Awards for new Artist of the Year in 2011 and Breakthrough Artist of
the Year in 2013. In 2016, McCreery released his first book, Go Big or
Go Home: The Journey Toward the Dream.
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