Carrie Underwood drops new single, “Love Wins,” on Aug. 31

Carrie Underwood drops new single “Love Wins” 💓 BBC Radio 2 Record Of The Week

The hopeful tune, which was penned by Carrie, David Garcia and Brett James and follows the Top 10 success of lead single, “Cry Pretty,” from her upcoming album of the same name.

Carrie Underwood is giving fans a powerful preview of her upcoming album, CRY PRETTY. The singer has released a lyric video for a new message song, "Love Wins."

Carrie Underwood - Love Wins (Single)

Release Date: 31 Aug 2018

Time: 3:48

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Debut Aug 31: 
#9 UK iTunes Country Singles Chart (#750 UK all-genres), then #4 (#464 UK all-genres), then #2 (#234) then #1 (#184; #135, #145 all-genres)
Mon Sept 3: #1 (#149 all-genres) | Tues Sept 4: #2 (#203 all-genres)

Debut Aug 31: #14 US iTunes all-genre | Tues Sept 4: #19 iTunes all-genre

I don't matter if you're wrong or right, no

So it goes but I hold on the hope and I won't let go cause

I, I believe you and me are sisters and brothers and

I, I believe we're made to be here for each other

And we'll never fall if we walk hand in hand

Put a world that seems broken together again yeah

I, I believe in the end love wins

Sometimes it takes a lot of faith

to keep believing that will come a day

when the tears and the sadness,

the pain and the hate

the struggle, this madness will all fade away

I, I believe you and me are sisters and brothers and

I, I believe we're made to be here for each other

And we'll never fall if we walk hand in hand

Put a world that seems broken together again yeah

I, I believe in the end love wins

On the genre-less track with gospel-pop overtones, Underwood demonstrates she's not afraid to address bigger issues in the new song. She touches on the "politics and prejudice" of a divided culture before delivering the powerful chorus, which rings with a message of bringing people together.

.@carrieunderwood has a message for the 🌎
Listen to #LoveWins now 💌https://t.co/YNKiFI5WyC pic.twitter.com/5QA9GpwpaS

— Spotify (@Spotify) 31 August 2018

“Politics and prejudice, how the hell’d it ever come to this / when everybody’s gotta pick a side / it don’t matter if you’re wrong or right,” go the lyrics, written by Underwood with Brett James and the album’s producer David Garcia.

Rollingstone wrote: “Love Wins” is one of two songs on Cry Pretty that nod to political issues — “The Bullet” is a commentary on gun violence. “Love Wins,” especially in its title, also underscores Underwood’s support of gay marriage. In 2012, the singer told the British newspaper The Independent, “As a married person myself, I don’t know what it’s like to be told I can’t marry somebody I love, and want to marry. I can’t imagine how that must feel. I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love.”

Related BLOG POST (Aug 2018):

Carrie Underwood announces “THE CRY PRETTY TOUR 360” for 2019 new show will be performed In The Round

* UPDATE *

Carrie Underwood has been forced to cancel several upcoming promotional activities in the UK, including appearances at fan meet & greet, The Long Road Fest and BBCRadio2 Live in Hyde Park, due to illness. (Source UMG Facebook)

Prior to embarking on the Cry Pretty tour next Spring, Underwood will appear at the Deni Ute Muster in Australia (Sept 29 including Kasey Chambers, Busby Marou, Troy Cassar-Daley, Thirsty Merc, Gord Bamford, Travis Collins and Fanny Lumsden).

Multi-platinum-selling global superstar Carrie Underwood released the track listing and songwriters for her upcoming studio album, Cry Pretty, available on September 14.  Her first time officially in the Producer chair, Underwood co-produced Cry Pretty alongside David Garcia and she co-wrote nine of the songs featured on the album making it one of her most personal albums to date.

Underwood wrote the title track and lead single, “Cry Pretty,” with Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose (The Love Junkies). Underwood, exposing pure, raw emotion earned critical praise for her powerful debut performance of “Cry Pretty” at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas.

Tickets for THE CRY PRETTY TOUR 360 concerts went on general public beginning Friday, August 17th which included the Cry Pretty album/ticket bundle *, go to www.carrieunderwoodofficial.com. Beginning Monday, August 13th, a limited number of exclusive VIP Packages will be available which include an amazing selection of tickets, Meet & Greets, autographed memorabilia, custom merchandise and much more.

WHATS A TICKET BUNDLE REDEMPTION?

* Following in footsteps of Kenny Chesney (Live in No Shoes Nation; No1; 216,804 debut traditional sales), Shania (NOW; No1 Billboard 200; 134,268 in traditional sales including 115,211 Non-traditional ticket bundle purchases + others), Tim McGraw & Faith Hill (The Rest Of Our Life; No1 Country; 98,351 debut traditional sales), Keith Urban (Graffiti U; No1 Country; 136,836 debut traditional sales), Jason Aldean(Rearview Town; No1 Billboard 200; 162,500 debut traditional sales) and Dierks Bentley(The Mountain; No1 Country; 94,000 debut traditional sales) sees Carrie also aiming for a No1 Album debut using concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion. The cost of the album is bundled into the price of each ticket sold online for a tour. After purchasing a ticket, customers received (via email) a redemption offer for the album, where they can redeem the album, and have it mailed to them.

Every Online Ticket Purchase Comes with one (1) CD Of Carrie Underwood's Upcoming Album, "Cry Pretty". Customers will receive an additional email with instructions on how to redeem your CD from either Musicbundles.com or Ticketmaster.com.

“She brings dignity and drama to being broken. And in her power-vocal relentlessness, Underwood shatters conventional wisdom with a potent few words and a squealing guitar.” – Hits

“…a classic country song with soul at its cathartic heart” – NPR

“…channeled her inner country-soul diva” during the “knockout rendition.” – Rolling Stone

Cry Pretty includes a bonus track also co-written by Underwood featuring Ludacris, “The Champion” which opened NBC’s Super Bowl LII and was incorporated into the 2018 Olympic Winter Games coverage earlier this year.

Cry Pretty Track List:

Cry Pretty (Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose)

Ghosts On The Stereo (Hillary Lindsey, Tom Douglas, Andrew Dorff)

Low (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey)

Backsliding (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey)

Southbound (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Josh Miller)

That Song That We Used To Make Love To (Hillary Lindsey, Jason Evigan)

Drinking Alone (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Brett James)

The Bullet (Marc Beeson, Andy Albert, Allen Shamblin)

Spinning Bottles (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey)

Love Wins (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Brett James)

End Up With You (Hillary Lindsey, Brett McLaughlin, Will Weatherly)

Kingdom (Carrie Underwood, Chris DeStefano, Dave Barnes)

Produced by David Garcia and Carrie Underwood

Bonus Track – The Champion (Carrie Underwood, Brett James, Chris DeStefano, Christopher Bridges PKA Ludacris) Produced by Jim Jonsin

Limited pink vinyl LP pressing.

Available from: www.wowhd.co.uk

Description: 2018 release, the sixth studio album from multi-platinum global superstar and seven-time Grammy Award winner Carrie Underwood. The album marks the first co-producing effort by Underwood, who partnered with David Garcia for the record. Underwood says: "At this point in my career, I feel stronger and more creative than ever. I think you can hear that in this new album. It's emotional, it's soulful, it's real, and we also have some fun on there too. I hope everyone loves it as much as I have loved making it."

Attributes: Colored Vinyl, Pink

Release Date: 14/09/2018

Label:Capitol Nashville

Media Format: LP

UPC: 602567693741

IN OTHER CARRIE NEWS

Carrie Underwood Game On It's Sunday Night Football

Carrie Underwood has a new Sunday Night Football theme during the annual Hall of Fame Game on NBC-TV. This is Carrie's sixth season performing the theme song as she replaced Faith Hill who did for 6 seasons from 2007-2012 and Pink before her during the debut season of SNF on NBC in 2006.

“Carrie brought us a new song,” says Tripp Dixon, VP and Creative Director at NBC Sports Group.

“We just felt like it was maybe time to switch it up. It was written specifically for Sunday Night Football.” Says Underwood. The visualizer is dynamic and Underwood is energized and sparkling in true entertainer fashion.

“All eyes on Sunday Night football,” says Underwood.

New @SNFonNBC Open featuring #GameOn performed & co-written by Carrie along with @destefanomusic & @BrettJamesMusic. Take a look behind the scenes now!
More Info: https://t.co/tQY4ZPYfQc -TeamCU pic.twitter.com/4VJKKXhXxL

— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) 30 August 2018

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