Dustin Lynch, MacKenzie Porter Make Historical past with “Pondering ‘Bout You”

by Cindy Watts

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Dustin Lynch and MacKenzie Porter simply made historical past with their six-week No. 1 tune, “Pondering ‘Bout You.” The duet, which Lynch wrote with Andy Albert, Hunter Phelps and Will Weatherly, has been within the Prime 10 on Billboard Nation Airplay’s chart for 27 weeks – sufficient time to make it the longest-running Prime 10 single because the Billboard Nation Airplay chart launched in January 1990.

“My intestine fought so exhausting for that factor,” Lynch instructed Sounds Like Nashville. “Now that we see this success of it, it’s like, ‘Okay, everytime you come up with a tune like that, it’s definitely worth the struggle, and it’s value being affected person for, too.’ The timing of all that was only a blessing. I’m nonetheless embracing listening to it each time on the radio. I’m certain some persons are uninterested in listening to it, however I’m certain not.”

Lynch wrote “Pondering ‘Bout You” on a writers’ retreat after which spent a while making changes earlier than he thought it was excellent. After they added a feminine voice, he stated he knew it was particular.

“Thank God (the songwriters) have wives as a result of their women on the home have been leaping up and down over this factor,” Lynch stated. “That’s not regular. These guys write 5 songs every week, at the least. To get a response like that from their women on the home was uncommon.”

Lauren Alaina initially sang “Pondering ‘Bout You” with Lynch, however when he couldn’t launch her model as a single, he was pressured to discover a new duet accomplice.

Lynch and his crew held blind auditions for a voice to interchange Alaina’s however had little hope that somebody might mimic her vocal vary. Porter shocked them together with her massive notes and talent to sing octaves over Lynch within the refrain.

The chance to sing with Lynch on “Pondering ‘Bout You” altered Porter’s life.

“It’s been loopy,” Porter stated on the CMT Music Awards, her first nation music purple carpet. “It modified my complete world. I’ve by no means been to this earlier than. It’s all due to this one tune. It feels superb.”

Porter says the duet weaves seamlessly into the solo mission that she’s recording. She not too long ago launched her tune “Pickup” and stated followers might count on new music in Could.

Lynch is simply excited to gather one other accolade for the duet’s rising roster of achievements.

“Wow! Including this stat to ‘Pondering ‘Bout You’ is so enormous,” he stated in a press release. “It additional validates what all of us felt with this tune, and it’s so rewarding to see it proceed to attach with listeners.”