Yes! (Chad Brock song) explained

Yes!
Cover:Chadbrock yes single.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Chad Brock
Album:Yes!
B-Side:Tell Me Your Secret
Released:February 21, 2000
Recorded:1999
Genre:Country
Length:3:24
Label:Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer:Buddy Cannon
Norro Wilson
Prev Title:A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K Version)
Prev Year:1999
Next Title:The Visit
Next Year:2000

"Yes!" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Chad Brock. It was released in February 2000 as the second single and title from his album of the same name. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It is considered to be Brock's signature song and his only number-one single, spending three weeks at No. 1 in the U.S.,[1] and one week in Canada. Brock wrote this song with Stephony Smith and Jim Collins.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song "boasts a buoyant melody and positive lyric that captures all the excitement and emotional energy of a burgeoning relationship." She went on to call the chorus "absolutely infectious" and "one of those sing-along refrains that makes for a great radio song." On Brock's vocals she says that he has a "personable, Everyman kind of quality to his voice that makes this tune readily relatable."[2]

Music video

The music video for this song was directed by Gerry Wenner, and shows Brock on a beach where people of many ages, in various stages of relationships, are having conversations with their partners.

Chart performance

"Yes!" debuted at number 52 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of February 26, 2000, and climbed to Number One on the week of June 17, 2000, where it held for three consecutive weeks, also giving Brock his only Number One single.[1] It also peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 2
US Hot 100 (Billboard)[4] 79

Parodies

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chad Brock Says 'Yes' to Another Chart Topper . https://archive.today/20070621081157/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1472661/20030613/brock_chad.jhtml . dead . June 21, 2007 . 2007-11-30. Young. Lisa . . 2000-07-19.
  2. Billboard, February 19, 2000 - Vol. 112, No. 8.
  3. Web site: Best of 2000: Country Songs . . . 2000 . August 15, 2012.
  4. Web site: Billboard Top 100 - 2000. 2010-08-31.