Hell Right Explained

Hell Right
Cover:Blake Shelton - Hell Right.png
Type:single
Artist:Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
Genre:Country rap
Label:Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer:Scott Hendricks
Chronology:Blake Shelton
Prev Title:Dive Bar
Prev Year:2019
Next Title:Nobody but You
Next Year:2020

"Hell Right" is a song written by David Garcia, Brett Tyler and Michael Hardy, and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton, featuring guest vocals from fellow country artist Trace Adkins. It was released on August 16, 2019 as the second single from Shelton's compilation album .

Background

"Hell Right" was written by David Garcia, Brett Tyler, and Hardy, the latter of whom also co-wrote Shelton's previous single, "God's Country". The song was written on May 29, 2019, a few months after "God’s Country" was recorded. Shelton heard the song, and recorded and released it within a month and a half.[1] According to Shelton, the song is about "taking things to the max," and that "you can raise hell or you can raise hell right".[2] The song also takes a jab at Lil Nas X's hit song "Old Town Road" in the line, sung by Shelton, "then the girl from the small town took off the 'Old Town' and put on a little Hank Jr."

"Hell Right" marks the second time that Shelton and Adkins have collaborated on a single release, following 2009's "Hillbilly Bone", which was a Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[3]

Commercial performance

"Hell Right" reached a peak of number 18 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, becoming Shelton's lowest-peaking single and his first to miss the top 10 since 2007's "The More I Drink". It was Adkins' first Top 20 country single since "Just Fishin'" in 2011.

It has sold 97,000 copies in the United States as of January 2020.[4] The song was certified gold by RIAA on February 27, 2020.[5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Hell Right"
Chart (2019–2020)Peak
position
Australia Country (The Music Network)[6] 27
Canada Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[7] 19

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Behind the Song: Blake Shelton (feat. Trace Adkins), 'Hell Right' . Carena . Liptak . September 3, 2019 . The Boot .
  2. Web site: Blake Shelton, Trace Adkins Want You to Raise 'Hell Right' in Rowdy New Collab. Joseph. Hudak . August 16, 2019. Rolling Stone .
  3. Web site: Blake Shelton Calls Upon Trace Adkins for 'Hell Right', His New Radio Single [Listen]]. Billy Dukes. August 16, 2019. Taste of Country. September 30, 2019.
  4. Web site: Bjorke . Matt . Top 30 Digital Country Downloads: January 24, 2020 . Rough Stock . January 25, 2020 . February 2, 2020 . February 29, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200229042256/http://roughstock.com/news/2020/01/44117-top-30-digital-country-downloads-january-24-2020 . dead .
  5. Web site: Gold & Platinum.
  6. Web site: Country Hot 50: Issue 1278 . . January 14, 2021.
  7. Web site: Blake Shelton Chart History (Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales) . Billboard . January 26, 2021.
  8. Web site: Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2019. Billboard. December 6, 2019.
  9. Web site: Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2020. Billboard. December 3, 2020.