Outta Style Explained

Outta Style
Cover:AaronWatsonOuttaStyle.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Aaron Watson
Album:Vaquero
Released:November 14, 2016
Genre:Country
Length:3:42
Label:Big Label
Prev Title:Bluebonnets (Julia's Song)
Prev Year:2016
Next Title:Run Wild Horses
Next Year:2018

"Outta Style" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Aaron Watson. It was released on November 14, 2016, as the lead-off single from his album Vaquero. It became Watson's first Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and also reached the Top 10 of the Country Airplay chart.

Content

"Outta Style" is an uptempo country song with the hook "the way we love is never going out of style." Of the song, Watson said it was inspired by his wife Kimberly,[1] and it is described as "an upbeat tribute to love and loyalty, [that] finds Watson tipping his hat to the country artists who came before him, too, with lines borrowed from Don McLean, Steve Earle, John Mellencamp and others."[2]

Chart performance

"Outta Style" debuted at number 60 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart the week dated January 21, 2017,[3] and reached a peak of number 10 on the chart in December 2017.[4]

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 84
Chart (2018)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 92

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aaron Watson Puts the Cowboy Back In Country With 'Outta Style'. Tom Roland. December 20, 2016. Billboard. October 30, 2017.
  2. Web site: Hear Aaron Watson's Rollicking New Song 'Outta Style'. Andrew Leahey. November 10, 2016. Rolling Stone. October 30, 2017.
  3. Country Airplay Chart. .
  4. Country Airplay Chart. .
  5. Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2017. Billboard. April 20, 2020.
  6. Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2018. Billboard. December 7, 2018.