Every country song has these lyrics. Right?

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  • čas přidán 18. 06. 2024
  • Today's video is a DEEP DIVE into the world of country music, and I'm determined to figure out if the stereotypes people have about modern country songwriting are actually true. Is it REALLY all about beer and trucks and girls and blue jeans? Are all the lyrics REALLY the same? To find out, I maintained a spreadsheet of every country song that has reached the Top 30 of Billboard's Country Airplay chart for the past six years (2014-2019) and then crunched a whole lot of data.
    00:00 - Intro
    02:20 - Building my ultimate country lyric spreadsheet
    04:33 - Initial findings in country music from 2014-2016
    06:16- The 5 most popular words in country music
    10:16 - TRUCK stereotype testing
    12:44 - GIRL stereotype testing
    14:26 - JEANS stereotype testing
    15:14 - BEER stereotype testing
    16:21 - Writing my OWN basic country song
    Country Lyrics Raw Data (viewable in Google Sheets): drive.google.com/file/d/1lz-x...
    Dana's Crunched Data Report: danagibbon.github.io/country-...
    Merch: gradywsmith.bigcartel.com
    Why Country Music Was Awful in 2013: • Why Country Music Was ...
    This beat is killing country music: • This beat is killing c...
    Boyfriend Country is the New Bro Country: • Boyfriend Country Is T...
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  • @GradySmith
    @GradySmith  Před 3 lety +2544

    This is, bar none, the hardest I have ever worked on a video, and I hope it's entertaining and that it helps drive forward the conversation about country music! Love all y'all little back road truckers. YEAH.

    • @jamesludwig6743
      @jamesludwig6743 Před 3 lety +23

      The song is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen

    • @KaylasMusicalDigest545
      @KaylasMusicalDigest545 Před 3 lety +16

      You did a great job with the video! It was fun and fascinating to watch! :) Are you going to make a video about the ACM's? I thought it was a great show. My favorite part was Carrie Underwood's tribute to female classic country singers! 😊

    • @joewarrenmusic
      @joewarrenmusic Před 3 lety +7

      As a country songwiter myself this helped me alot, but im still not sure wether it shows me what to or what not to write either way i'll be looking back on it during sessions, nice work Grady :)

    • @treybrennan8913
      @treybrennan8913 Před 3 lety +5

      From a data perspective this was a great video on country lyric "performance" over time. The question "are country lyric stereotypes accurate?" was well tested.
      "Yeah" is not surprising given the popularity of the Millennial whoop in the 2010's.
      What would be interesting from a song writer's perspective is a predictive analysis of country music lyrics. i.e. What lyrics are trending up and is it possible to loosely predict what they'll look like in the coming year?
      Great stuff Grady.

    • @Basketballski13
      @Basketballski13 Před 3 lety +1

      Loved all the data analysis! Really cool video!!

  • @justinbell7309
    @justinbell7309 Před 3 lety +3213

    This still goes to show that Bo Burnham's "rural nouns, simple adjectives" line holds true.

    • @dannye7612
      @dannye7612 Před 3 lety +57

      was looking for this.

    • @lukasrichardson7767
      @lukasrichardson7767 Před 3 lety +58

      My favorite country song

    • @aaaaa-bm8oe
      @aaaaa-bm8oe Před 3 lety +137

      🎶I could sing in Mandarin, you'd still know I'm pandering, huntin deer, chasin trout, a bud light with the logo facing out🎶

    • @halflife103
      @halflife103 Před 3 lety +4

      Could you explain that? i never got that.

    • @BigGirthyRod
      @BigGirthyRod Před 3 lety +52

      @@halflife103 It means that all country songs start by listing random nouns and adjectives.

  • @KlaustheViking
    @KlaustheViking Před 3 lety +1868

    “Hey girl, you make me wanna write an unoriginal song about a cliche girl” -Country songs of the past decade

    • @Thkaal
      @Thkaal Před 3 lety +5

      Axis of Awesome did this in their song...Cliche Love Song

    • @aidand.7911
      @aidand.7911 Před 3 lety +21

      And cruuuuuuuuiiiiiise

    • @ellymae5313
      @ellymae5313 Před 3 lety +3

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @lukeswain1752
      @lukeswain1752 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/pUJMuwaAgQY/video.html here is this to make you feel better

    • @ramonewilson3967
      @ramonewilson3967 Před 3 lety +1

      Hey I love that song though.😅

  • @michellemick6043
    @michellemick6043 Před 3 lety +1467

    Most used word in Country Music: "Yeah"
    Most used word in One Direction: "Nanana"

    • @LycanixMusic
      @LycanixMusic Před 3 lety +78

      Nost used word in modern trap, "yuh, skrrt, ayy"

    • @dare3244
      @dare3244 Před 3 lety +9

      @@LycanixMusic not words

    • @LycanixMusic
      @LycanixMusic Před 3 lety +14

      @@dare3244 1st of all, It's usually counted in the lyrics as an adlib (the ones that are usually bracketed when you read the lyrics), so technically speaking, since it's on the lyrics, it'll make it in the analysis, thus counts as a word in the lyrics
      2nd of all, my comment was purely satire, so there's a bit of wooshing going on there.

    • @Violetgalaxyshimmer33
      @Violetgalaxyshimmer33 Před 3 lety +7

      Fire
      Nanananananana
      If anyone doesn’t get it it’s referencing The Promised Neverland

    • @thelettera5416
      @thelettera5416 Před 3 lety +8

      Hey Jude intensifies

  • @lesteryaytrippy7282
    @lesteryaytrippy7282 Před 3 lety +540

    I'm not even American. But I can feel it in my long tan legs.

  • @toreclark8928
    @toreclark8928 Před 3 lety +2070

    I knew ‘girl’ was one of the most common words. My friends and I played a game where we try to find a country song WITHOUT the word ‘girl’. It’s almost impossible.

  • @abbee1385
    @abbee1385 Před 3 lety +2144

    Unlike Shania, this does impress me much.

    • @whatsup7535
      @whatsup7535 Před 3 lety +6

      😂😂😂

    • @shelbiej94
      @shelbiej94 Před 3 lety +10

      I’m dead. This comment lol 😂

    • @14gears55
      @14gears55 Před 3 lety +33

      He’s got the look, but does Grady have the touch?

    • @mwamwa3488
      @mwamwa3488 Před 3 lety +5

      What's wrong with Shania? She was the last artist to do country music proud. After her it all went downhill0

    • @davidrich27
      @davidrich27 Před 3 lety +2

      So you’re a data scientist!

  • @rhino1876
    @rhino1876 Před 3 lety +535

    My family plays this game called the “country song game” because we believe that you can make a country song up with any three given words. So we go around in a circle and the person who will go next gives us three words and we have to make a song up on the spot. It’s stupid and hilarious. Many times of us busting a gut laughing so hard.

    • @ramona3840
      @ramona3840 Před 3 lety +14

      Haha that sounds like a great game,I wanna play!!

    • @SimonDoer
      @SimonDoer Před 3 lety +11

      @@ramona3840 try this then: chair, sun and maths.

    • @XaviBeeMommy
      @XaviBeeMommy Před 3 lety +2

      Lmao 🤣

    • @rhino1876
      @rhino1876 Před 3 lety +3

      I’m glad I have introduced you all to my whacky family ways. 😂

    • @angeljones965
      @angeljones965 Před 3 lety +5

      @@ramona3840 Here: Trucks, beer, jeans

  • @Violetgalaxyshimmer33
    @Violetgalaxyshimmer33 Před 3 lety +801

    Sometimes I wonder how different a country song would sound if it didn’t have a country accent

    • @diabeticmonkey
      @diabeticmonkey Před 3 lety +113

      It would be the same old cheesy pop we all know

    • @m_artroom
      @m_artroom Před 3 lety +14

      Have someone just sing it

    • @kylefunderburk4194
      @kylefunderburk4194 Před 3 lety +88

      Most of what is on country FM radio today is just pop music sung by artists with southern accents.

    • @yumnyuck5515
      @yumnyuck5515 Před 3 lety +8

      Then it would sound good

    • @kuxikanai4667
      @kuxikanai4667 Před 3 lety +2

      Listen to “ in case you didn’t know - maoli”

  • @youtuberreviewer4040
    @youtuberreviewer4040 Před 3 lety +1193

    I’m going to write a country song with just these lyrics
    “Talkin bout Whiskey, and girls in trucks, yeah”

  • @jjgems5909
    @jjgems5909 Před 3 lety +2583

    I feel this analysis could be applied to the Christian music industry too lol 😂

    • @Shyknit
      @Shyknit Před 3 lety +280

      I remember someone saying you could take the less gratuitous r&b lyrics and make them gospel songs and vice versa if you switch jesus christ/god with baby/girl lol

    • @marleee.2174
      @marleee.2174 Před 3 lety +12

      Yessss

    • @marleee.2174
      @marleee.2174 Před 3 lety +34

      I think I have seen a video somewhere on the internet about that though (it might have been John Crist)

    • @rexythet-rex3513
      @rexythet-rex3513 Před 3 lety +133

      As a Christian I definitely agree it’s to repetitive and all the songs sound the same

    • @joshuastanley6080
      @joshuastanley6080 Před 3 lety +1

      @@marleee.2174 czcams.com/video/bwwhkKPEieE/video.html

  • @patrickracer43
    @patrickracer43 Před 3 lety +414

    Charlie Daniels: "the devil went down to Georgia he was looking for a soul to steal"
    Johnny Cash: "I hear the train a coming, its rolling around the bend"
    Modern country: "I'm in my truck with the lift kit, got my beer, going to party with the country girls"

    • @Oilincoolhouse
      @Oilincoolhouse Před 3 lety +50

      I’d say hip hop has had a similar ‘evolution’

    • @shuriken2505
      @shuriken2505 Před 3 lety +29

      @@Oilincoolhouse "guns, drugs, sex, bitches, crime, les go! aight"

    • @CherryBlossomBlyue
      @CherryBlossomBlyue Před 3 lety +26

      @@shuriken2505 more like cars, drugs, girls, party, luxury, designer brands etc..

    • @Angel_423
      @Angel_423 Před 3 lety +5

      BIG IRON, rose garden, gambler

    • @Angel_423
      @Angel_423 Před 3 lety +16

      "16 tons and what do you get"

  • @d4davidg302
    @d4davidg302 Před 3 lety +626

    The most off putting thing about country for me is the country voice, like I’ve seen artists sing normally, then in country voice.

    • @billyj.causeyvideoguy7361
      @billyj.causeyvideoguy7361 Před 3 lety +141

      Its a very processed and artificial southern accent.

    • @tinyghostcat14
      @tinyghostcat14 Před 3 lety +93

      As someone from Kentucky, I can tell you with absolute certainty that it is extremely fake and exaggerated by most people. Especially boys between the ages of 13-18.

    • @m_artroom
      @m_artroom Před 3 lety +2

      ok but like. i come from a place where people talk like that. maybe a little over exaggerated but pretty similar-

    • @d4davidg302
      @d4davidg302 Před 3 lety +7

      @@m_artroom that’s who they are pretending to be

    • @bruhmaster5814
      @bruhmaster5814 Před 3 lety +4

      @Martina Smith No joke, bluegrass freaking slaps

  • @noelphilips
    @noelphilips Před 3 lety +3464

    Still the most original country song of 2020.

    • @victoriaa2281
      @victoriaa2281 Před 3 lety +23

      In the categories of CZcamsrs that I watch that I didn't expect to see commenting on this video. Love your work.

    • @jackalnerf6230
      @jackalnerf6230 Před 3 lety +7

      Go listen to Eric Church's and Chris Stapleton's new singles haha, there's still hope!

    • @ragobi4700
      @ragobi4700 Před 3 lety +3

      Colter Wall. Trust me.

    • @damyan5305
      @damyan5305 Před 3 lety +1

      Midland, Chris Stapleton, Jon Pardi like Jackal said there is still hope!

    • @jackalnerf6230
      @jackalnerf6230 Před 3 lety

      @@damyan5305 Yeah! Starting Over is out now and Chief's new album is dropping soon. It may drop within the next few days, either that or a new song!

  • @micahpartridge6122
    @micahpartridge6122 Před 3 lety +1040

    “You have become the very thing you swore to destroy”

  • @BirthQuakeRecords
    @BirthQuakeRecords Před 3 lety +500

    I noticed “cold one” wasn’t on your beer word list. I feel that’d skew your data much further into beer territory.

  • @wtfaiwpodcast
    @wtfaiwpodcast Před 3 lety +153

    Currently working on my next big country radio hit, "Yeah, Little Baby Girl."

    • @lunahetfield
      @lunahetfield Před 3 lety +16

      "Yeah girl, my little girl. Lets crack a ice cold beer in my red truck as we drive down a red dirt road, lets pour that whiskey in my red solo cup. Lets put some time aside and watch the night sky as we fall in love under the starry night sky. Get up at 6 am as i put on my blue jeans and she put on her blue jeans. Plowing through the corn fields with country music playing."

    • @chantlmcclary6419
      @chantlmcclary6419 Před 3 lety +5

      @@lunahetfield Hello you may not know me but my names chris hansen did u know that ur singing about a 7 year old girl 😆☠💀.

    • @lunahetfield
      @lunahetfield Před 3 lety +2

      Chantl Mcclary 0_0

    • @LosHitman
      @LosHitman Před 2 lety +4

      That sounds a lil bit pedophile

  • @spencerallegra
    @spencerallegra Před 3 lety +712

    If Thomas Rhett or Dustin Lynch sees this they’ll pay big bucks for Little Yeah

    • @elijahkrause3608
      @elijahkrause3608 Před 3 lety +16

      I'm gonna give you a little yeah tonight
      Girl I'm gonna yeah you right
      When I see your face imma let out a little yeah
      I wont even have to ask your critical dad
      Little yeah

    • @ryanshearer5653
      @ryanshearer5653 Před 3 lety +5

      Don’t forget Chase Rice

    • @coffeeguy957
      @coffeeguy957 Před 3 lety +1

      Chris Jansen will be in there too lol

    • @faithwobbeking8285
      @faithwobbeking8285 Před 3 lety +20

      Maybe Dustin would rhyme “little yeah” with “little yeah”

    • @Spitfirethedragon
      @Spitfirethedragon Před 3 lety +9

      Thomas Rhett seemed to have some neotraditional songs on Center Point Road like Beer Can't Fix. He should do a whole album on neotraditional sound. Some of his songs sounded like songs from the 60s like Crash and Burn and the 70s like Make Me Wanna with that disco beat. As for Dustin? He should have stuck to songs like Cowboys and Angels.

  • @skyphantom29
    @skyphantom29 Před 3 lety +143

    You forgot to include the innuendos for beer, like “good stuff”, “keg”, & “cold one”. It would easily blow all other words away

  • @recalcitrantpotato
    @recalcitrantpotato Před 3 lety +77

    I think the "trucks" word group was missing words like "drive," "driving," "windows," "back road," and any other peripherally-related vehicle terminology. Probably would have skewed those numbers a smidge higher.

    • @MindlessWanderings
      @MindlessWanderings Před 3 lety +11

      The word groups were all missing fairly typical words too. For example, the image he puts up to represent trucks is a ram/dodge which wasn't included but Tacoma was..
      Similarly, alcohol includes margarita and cocktail but not bourbon or any beer brands.

  • @eternalmiasma5586
    @eternalmiasma5586 Před 3 lety +417

    “Long tan legs, I couldn’t help my self” sounds like a rape confession. Honestly, country died in 2003 with Johnny Cash, maybe there are some exemptions but it’s honestly become awful. Folk music is different, I like a lot of anais Mitchell and people like the Oh Hellos and The Crane Wives. Some country mixed with other genres are good, Barns Courtney comes to mind, and obviously Lil Nas X who blended country and rap perfectly

  • @bethpenrice1489
    @bethpenrice1489 Před 3 lety +319

    country music: "yeah"
    ariana grande: "yuh"

  • @notan_alien881
    @notan_alien881 Před 3 lety +765

    “Truck, town, little, baby” sounds like a country sound

    • @GirishManjunathMusic
      @GirishManjunathMusic Před 3 lety +14

      My trucker girl, little-town baby...

    • @lunahetfield
      @lunahetfield Před 3 lety

      Girish Manjunath lol

    • @maplesupersyrup5899
      @maplesupersyrup5899 Před 3 lety +4

      "little truck, little town, little baby" boom top 10 country song

    • @chronofactor2037
      @chronofactor2037 Před 3 lety +3

      @@GirishManjunathMusic "My trucker girl, little-town baby", yeah I got her with me, pourin' us some whiskey, In the back of my truck with the with the windows rolled up, AC on, while I strum a little country song (*guitar solo intensifies*)

    • @GirishManjunathMusic
      @GirishManjunathMusic Před 3 lety +4

      @@chronofactor2037 yeah I got her ridin' shotgun, radio blaring country songs, speeding down the dirt roads with our windows rolled all the way down, and when I leave the farmlands for the city, I'll miss my little-town baby, my trucker girl who's riding with me all day long.

  • @madisnzz
    @madisnzz Před 3 lety +106

    as someone who lives in kentucky, it’s almost impossible to not know someone who regularly listens to country. I know some country songs by heart when I don’t even like the music itself, that goes out to my parents anyways.

    • @ahhh4117
      @ahhh4117 Před 3 lety +13

      I need you to know i read your comment with a progressively more exaggerated generic southern accent

    • @madisnzz
      @madisnzz Před 3 lety +10

      @@ahhh4117 yknow, fair enough.

    • @tinyghostcat14
      @tinyghostcat14 Před 3 lety +1

      Same here

    • @Star-pl1xs
      @Star-pl1xs Před 3 lety

      @@ahhh4117 did it begin to snowball once u hit "kentucky" bc that was my experience

    • @KayJblue
      @KayJblue Před 3 lety +1

      I’m in Maryland and years ago in High School bus rides we would listen to the same 3 country songs on repeat, i don’t like country at all and I don’t know the names, but I can still say each and every lyric of the songs. It hurts.

  • @christinewilliamson2755
    @christinewilliamson2755 Před 3 lety +91

    I seriously thought the most popular word was “blue” I hear it to often in songs blue jeans,blue eyes,blue skies 😂 sounds like an elementary teacher giving a lesson, but I tell you Grady you make me wanna listen to country music even more now.

  • @bowmanj603
    @bowmanj603 Před 3 lety +422

    "This is not the perfect country and western song because he hadn't said anything at all about mama, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting drunk."

    • @Browndogdiesel
      @Browndogdiesel Před 3 lety +12

      D.A.C. Now that’s country music 👌🏼

    • @samsummers2202
      @samsummers2202 Před 3 lety +24

      Well I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison

    • @taylorboys3791
      @taylorboys3791 Před 3 lety +19

      And I went to pick her up in the rain

    • @Alice-kq8eo
      @Alice-kq8eo Před 3 lety +20

      But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck

    • @phillipwarner4062
      @phillipwarner4062 Před 3 lety +21

      She got ran over by a damned ol train!

  • @licoreen
    @licoreen Před 3 lety +187

    “A Little Yeah” features everything that Grady has trained his viewers to hate. Plus it only has maybe 5 different notes and a melody that goes nowhere. I am simultaneously annoyed and impressed.

    • @CeeJayThe13th
      @CeeJayThe13th Před 3 lety +11

      With a little higher production values though it could chart

  • @Dirigo244
    @Dirigo244 Před 3 lety +257

    Meanwhile me being 60 years behind:
    *I fell into a burning ring of fire*

  • @NASkeywest
    @NASkeywest Před 3 lety +44

    “I took my little baby girl into town in my truck for diapers.”
    Dad country.

  • @colinhoban8660
    @colinhoban8660 Před 3 lety +166

    "Beer may never break your heart but it broke my brain" aa meetings in Texas

  • @MadisonJarboe
    @MadisonJarboe Před 3 lety +189

    Country music AND data spreadsheets? It just doesn't get better than this

    • @robynrodman2677
      @robynrodman2677 Před 3 lety +1

      Right!!! I feel so seen!

    • @PenaltyKillah
      @PenaltyKillah Před 3 lety +7

      When the Venn diagram of country and Excel is just a little yeah

  • @GuinessHangover
    @GuinessHangover Před 3 lety +80

    For years every time I've heard one of these awful derivative songs I ask "Is this that new song Dirt Road Truck Beer?" And to prove this video's point, most people think that's actually the name of the song.

    • @joem2130
      @joem2130 Před 2 lety +1

      OMG this reminds me of when I was in High School and I would go up to random kids who thought they were cool and indie and ask if they were going to the "dead baby fetus" show that night and they'd say hell yeah I love them! Or whatever made up punk/metal/indie sounding made up name. 😂😂😂

  • @FernFeathers
    @FernFeathers Před 3 lety +125

    People making these jokes about country songs clearly haven't heard David Coe's "You Never Even Called Me By My Name".
    It's a famous country song where he literally has a whole section making fun about country songs It's brilliant and it's beautiful.
    An excerpt from some of the lyrics:
    "Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song
    And he told me it was the perfect country & western song
    I wrote him back a letter and I told him it was not the perfect country & western song
    Because he hadn't said anything at all about mama
    Or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting' drunk
    Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent it to me
    And after reading it I realized that my friend had written the perfect country & western song
    And I felt obliged to include it on this album
    The last verse goes like this here
    Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
    And I went to pick her up in the rain
    But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
    She got run over by a damned old train"

  • @dragonballsy
    @dragonballsy Před 3 lety +412

    “WELCOME TO TRUCK TOWN, LITTLE BABY GIRL...”

  • @HuskerNinja
    @HuskerNinja Před 3 lety +304

    My favorite “truck” song without a doubt has to be Lee Brice’s “I Drive Your Truck.” Makes me cry every single time

    • @dawsoniezen
      @dawsoniezen Před 3 lety +37

      Yeah that song gets a pass from the truck criticisms

    • @Spitfirethedragon
      @Spitfirethedragon Před 3 lety +3

      @@dawsoniezen I am surprise nobody mentioned the word truck have been around since the 60. Red Sovine's Teddy Bear, CW McCall's Convoy and Jerry Reed's East Bound And Down from Smokey And The Bandit soundtrack all used trucks, but in this case semis.

    • @austinterry2343
      @austinterry2343 Před 3 lety +8

      talks about actual emotion, immediately disqualified from Bro Country

    • @alexanderfrancis1845
      @alexanderfrancis1845 Před 3 lety +1

      Great song

    • @itsme-pu8bf
      @itsme-pu8bf Před 3 lety +3

      That song isn't about the truck. just a good metaphor

  • @leeenaa
    @leeenaa Před 3 lety +31

    Inspired by this video I wrote these lyrics:
    It was a hot summers night
    At a downtown bar
    Round seven o’clock
    When she burst through the doors
    With her skinny jeans on
    And my heart began to drop
    Cause I knew that girl was the prettiest sight
    That I ever did see
    She would never be mine
    But I was gonna take a chance
    I said hey lovey lady
    Would you let me have this dance
    When you’re with me, I’ll be a gentleman
    Do what ever you ask
    I’m sure there’s a million more men
    Who would promise you the world
    So why don’t you take a chance
    With a small town boy

  • @stickfigurewithahat8860
    @stickfigurewithahat8860 Před 3 lety +231

    “Country music as a lot of repetitive lyrics”
    Rap music: “Hold my lean”

    • @Flourikum
      @Flourikum Před 3 lety +58

      I'd argue that less famous rap still can be more original than less famous country. Country has a lot of wanna bes trying to be the top 3 for the last decade while rap sure has those types you still have old fashioned rappers where its about their struggles and such. I still constantly get crap about drinking and pretty blonde cowgirls for the stations here in Oklahoma and top chart rap is just mumble crap but there are at least diamonds in the rough for rap that I've heard but aren't too radio friendly.

    • @stickfigurewithahat8860
      @stickfigurewithahat8860 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Flourikum rap has the same thing

    • @NexusGideon
      @NexusGideon Před 3 lety +8

      ***modern 'rap'***

    • @ahhh4117
      @ahhh4117 Před 3 lety

      I need to see a detailed analysis in the style of this video about rap music first

    • @griffinwilhelm6688
      @griffinwilhelm6688 Před 3 lety

      @@NexusGideon no such thing

  • @lilbaseballpro
    @lilbaseballpro Před 3 lety +329

    Video: Cuts to a snippet of a stereotype song
    Me: *bobs head to music and realizes I’m part of the problem

  • @Olivia-kt5on
    @Olivia-kt5on Před 3 lety +95

    “Yeah baby, I’m gonna love you a little” just used the top 5 words so easily and kinda sounds like a country song lyric!

  • @dylanbarnes9015
    @dylanbarnes9015 Před 3 lety +127

    The fact that Florida Georgia Line is still considered country after saying “Mix tape’s got a little Hank, little Drake” honestly disgusts me. No hate to FGL but I cringe every time I hear that song.

    • @charlescowart1931
      @charlescowart1931 Před 3 lety +7

      They also mention to “play that Travis Tritt above the Tupac” in May We All

    • @patrickracer43
      @patrickracer43 Před 3 lety +11

      Like both Hank Williams and Drake would want to be anywhere near those nerds... the best they can get is hanging out with Nelly who isn't even that relevant to today's rap game... probably better off trying to start Twitter beef with Soulja Boy

    • @snrkybrd
      @snrkybrd Před 3 lety +3

      i mean Tim McGraw had a similar line in "Truck Yeah" - 'Got Lil' Wayne Pumpin on my iPod ..'

    • @greattitan371
      @greattitan371 Před 3 lety +2

      That happens to be from my favorite song. Not because I listen to country but because it's the only country song I can recite almost by memory. That's probably because it was in WWE 2k15 back when I played those games and it was the only song I had on.

    • @charlescowart1931
      @charlescowart1931 Před 3 lety

      @@greattitan371 sorry to offend you

  • @SpaceMissile
    @SpaceMissile Před rokem +1

    This was an outstanding amount of data analysis. I would love to see this same thing done for hip-hop, rock, and pop.

  • @cowboyjohnn
    @cowboyjohnn Před 3 lety +266

    I told him it was not the perfect country & western song
    Because he hadn't said anything at all about mama
    Or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting' drunk
    Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent it to me
    And after reading it I realized that my friend had written the perfect country & western song
    And I felt obliged to include it on this album
    The last verse goes like this here
    Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
    And I went to pick her up in the rain
    But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
    She got run over by a damned old train
    it was a stereotype in the 70s

  • @loarpotato
    @loarpotato Před 3 lety +161

    Grady, 2013 called, they want their lyrics back

    • @Im_Ish
      @Im_Ish Před 3 lety +1

      Like literally, he stole them. They belong to him now 😂

  • @Footballfan896
    @Footballfan896 Před 3 lety +18

    “Yeah, baby girl, I love you more than a little”

  • @emmamusicatso5535
    @emmamusicatso5535 Před 3 lety

    This is my new favorite video! Props to you! Would be so amazing to see this with different styles

  • @ATFprdepartment
    @ATFprdepartment Před 3 lety +158

    Someday someone will make a song called “Yeah Little Baby Girl”

  • @PenaltyKillah
    @PenaltyKillah Před 3 lety +199

    6:57 Does that make Usher's "Yeah!" a country song? 😂

  • @indigothecat
    @indigothecat Před 3 lety +16

    I think to be fair, you can do this with most popular music in general and come up with similar results. Songs singing about women's bodies are probably pretty typical in nearly every genre. If you dig deeper to try and find the genre-specific trends like you did here, it would be interesting to compare. I am curious about metal music, I feel like the popular lyrics in those songs tend to be quite different from Pop and Country, though I wonder if it's anymore different than genres like Rap, R&B, Show-tune, or even more international styles. J-Pop would be an interesting thing to research, because they love to throw in English words to emphasize certain parts, so I wonder which English words are most common in J-Pop?

    • @dixonhill1108
      @dixonhill1108 Před rokem

      Yeah anything love/party/drink related is just modern pop music. Make no mistake bro country was 100% pop, it's why it is good. It's the last stronghold of guitar based music. It's stylistic conservatism is why it's the only thing left in 2023, guitar based music is dead outside of nashville. The one that I think is slightly greasy is reference to rural living, as it is often written/listened to by people who live in cities/suburbs etc. Going to a suburb golf course isn't "rural living", neither is "driving to the lake".

    • @pixelpudding3914
      @pixelpudding3914 Před 10 měsíci

      Tbh, I’d guess J-pop would probably be one, two, three, four, five etc. if that doesn’t count, I’m actually not sure. A lot of “English” words in Japanese are technically just that word. Look up “gairaigo” and “wasei - eigo” if you wanna know more, but some examples are idol/aidoru/アイドル and love/rabu/ラブ which I’d say are the 2 most used English words, but they’re technically Japanese words

  • @rahulkamath
    @rahulkamath Před 2 lety

    This legit is the best video I watched today. Totally worth all the work that went behind this one video!!

  • @FreekToTakex
    @FreekToTakex Před 3 lety +37

    That stock footage of that elderly lady texting on her phone was A+

  • @grandassassin24
    @grandassassin24 Před 3 lety +156

    12:18 man rhymed "Tacoma" with "California" and I have to respect that.

    • @lyn4473
      @lyn4473 Před 3 lety

      !!

    • @RockyRepairs
      @RockyRepairs Před 3 lety +3

      the only reason to mention tacoma, no other songs did lol

    • @thejusmar
      @thejusmar Před 3 lety +3

      Nothing more country than a Japanese light truck in California

    • @nickrustyson8124
      @nickrustyson8124 Před 3 lety

      @@thejusmar I mean yeah it make sense, rural parts of California exist, and Japanese trucks are popular, especially there

  • @abbie2151
    @abbie2151 Před 3 lety

    Very nice. Thank you. You have been rewarded by the algorithm.

  • @mags1397
    @mags1397 Před 3 lety

    There was so much work put into this video analysis, I liked it as soon as a saw charts presented! Awesome job😊

  • @nolanmyers2441
    @nolanmyers2441 Před 3 lety +30

    As a college student currently working on a research thesis, WOW! The effort and time put into a 20 minute video is insane. Major respect for the dedication.

  • @TravJam317
    @TravJam317 Před 3 lety +78

    I'd be willing to bet that "yeah" tops most genres. I would love to see an analysis like this on other music genres. I admit I'm not the biggest fan of country music, but I really enjoyed this video. Thank you.

  • @Claire-bz8mq
    @Claire-bz8mq Před 3 lety +5

    I think one of country musics strengths is how specific the lyrics are, and how narrative focused the songs are usually. So it’s kinda a shame it’s become so generic.
    I think part of the reason Taylor Swift did so well when she transferred to pop was the narrative element her songs had which was a bit unusual in the pop industry.

    • @kasunkavishka2976
      @kasunkavishka2976 Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah that's true... that's one of the reasons why Taylor's music stands out in pop world

  • @starylize
    @starylize Před 3 lety

    watching these videos as someone who doesn't listen to country music outside of a few specific songs is always so interesting and eye-opening. i feel like i'm getting a peak into what country music is like in a very accessible way!

  • @williamamonette1430
    @williamamonette1430 Před 3 lety +177

    The thing is saying girls and trucks and jeans whatever isn’t bad by itself. It just when it’s presented in a really annoying way. Like Dustin lynch

    • @thaforgotten7396
      @thaforgotten7396 Před 3 lety +1

      Cowboys and Angel's is probably his only good song

    • @macheteman3832
      @macheteman3832 Před 3 lety +1

      Colt ford has the most annoying songs

    • @Shenayerx96
      @Shenayerx96 Před 3 lety +1

      I think Georgia Florida Line are super annoying.

  • @colbyprince6
    @colbyprince6 Před 3 lety +133

    Not gonna lie, that wouldn’t sound all that out of place on the radio.

  • @merrymachiavelli2041
    @merrymachiavelli2041 Před 3 lety

    I love spreadsheets. Deep approval earned.

  • @Akursedtime
    @Akursedtime Před 3 lety +10

    As a Canadian who hardly knows country music...I only know three country singers. Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash and Reba McEntire.
    Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash through their songs and Reba McEntire through her sitcom. Lol. So hearing these songs are weird for me.

  • @ChristinesSnaps
    @ChristinesSnaps Před 3 lety +541

    Loved this analysis of country music !!! And the song clips you used were great

    • @Willybean08
      @Willybean08 Před 3 lety +4

      I have never gotten that many likes on a compliment. My most liked comment ever only had like 50 likes and it was a _very funny_ joke.

    • @arco4936
      @arco4936 Před 3 lety

      @@Willybean08 whats the joke

    • @Willybean08
      @Willybean08 Před 3 lety

      @@arco4936I don't know why I said it was funny because it wasn't even a joke, it was more of like a shower thought, but here goes:
      *"Five minutes of late 1940's early 1950's nostalgia" If CZcams existed in 1970.*
      It was on a video titled, "Five minutes of late 2000's early 2010's nostlgia"
      Yeahh... I'm a little boring.

    • @arco4936
      @arco4936 Před 3 lety

      @@Willybean08 yeahhhh okkkk

    • @Willybean08
      @Willybean08 Před 3 lety

      @@arco4936 sorry :/

  • @Nomorehandlenames9230
    @Nomorehandlenames9230 Před 3 lety +410

    George Strait can use whatever word(s) he wants to. He’s still the king.

    • @bubbahyde322
      @bubbahyde322 Před 3 lety +17

      And it's because he doesn't, he makes good music

    • @14gears55
      @14gears55 Před 3 lety +19

      George could make a song using all these stereotypical words and I’d still listen because it would sound fabulous. He’ll, he could even sing ‘Little Yeah’ and I’d listen too it

    • @bnbcraft6666
      @bnbcraft6666 Před 3 lety +6

      I'd say Hank Williams Sr or Johnny Cash is the king of country music

    • @bubbahyde322
      @bubbahyde322 Před 3 lety +6

      @@bnbcraft6666 I wasn't around for the OGs of country music but whoever is the best would have to have had significant commercial success across several years, a wide variety of material and texture in his music, a respectable command of a musical instrument, elements from his own life that are relatable with his audience, a song you'd want to listen to with your dad, a song your mom likes to hear, a song you'd like to dance to with your wife and a clean image. For me that's George Strait.
      Don Williams
      Tom T Hall
      Bobby Bare
      Hoyt Axton
      Charlie Daniels
      Chris Ledoux
      Mark Chesnutt
      Randy Travis
      Tracy Lawrence
      Clint Black
      Alan Jackson
      Brad Paisley
      David Nail
      Gary Allen
      Kenny Chesney
      Tim Mcgraw
      Garth Brooks
      All have some portion of that lofty ideal but the artist who most wholly rounds out those ideas for me is George Strait.

    • @ironpheonix5937
      @ironpheonix5937 Před 3 lety

      in my opinion tim mcgraw will always be the king of country with faith hill as the queen of country, but if it wasn't faith hill as queen i would choose carrie underwood

  • @nevetsvsx
    @nevetsvsx Před 2 lety +2

    Bravo! You just created a data driven approach to lyrics that make it on a top 30 chart. Please consider patenting your application here and consider using it for every other genre! As someone who looks at data every day for one of the USA's largest retailers, I can tell you that this is very impressive and something that you can and should sell. Congratulations! This is incredible work and I hope you get rewarded handsomely for it!

  • @andybub45
    @andybub45 Před 3 lety

    Wow, the amount of work that went into this video is incredible!!

  • @barrynangle1319
    @barrynangle1319 Před 3 lety +288

    Grady why is there a file of billy currington’s mugshot on your computer

    • @aaroncharlie9058
      @aaroncharlie9058 Před 3 lety +104

      Billy Currington must be doin’ something wrong.

    • @Im_Ish
      @Im_Ish Před 3 lety +13

      @@aaroncharlie9058 I've never seen a better reply than this. Well done.

    • @liamb6812
      @liamb6812 Před 3 lety +11

      Aaron Charlie he needs some good directions to get em back on track, eh?

    • @jonathangau9830
      @jonathangau9830 Před 3 lety +1

      Came here for this. 👏🏽

    • @TrailMuffin
      @TrailMuffin Před 3 lety +3

      @@aaroncharlie9058 I almost spit my tea out, wasn't prepared for that reply LOL

  • @benclark2001
    @benclark2001 Před 3 lety +94

    Grady Smith: "The body parts mentioned really aren't especially crass, they're pretty innocent."
    Wheeler Walker Jr: "DROP 'EM OUT LEMME SEE THEM..."

  • @amaraobrien76
    @amaraobrien76 Před 3 lety

    Love this video! Country music is my favorite and my guess for the most used word was girl so i think i did pretty well. I really like all the little music clips cause they reminded me of some of my favorite songs i kinda forgot about while i’ve been listening to all the new ones.

  • @user-od8yh8xs9u
    @user-od8yh8xs9u Před 3 lety

    this must have been a massive amount of work. great video!

  • @pro-seriesfabrication3810
    @pro-seriesfabrication3810 Před 3 lety +165

    Perfect algorithm timing. Gonna start writing "Dad Country" where the guy has no money and no time to do everything mainstream country writes about because he has kids and a wife. Way back up in the hollar, we raise our kids on Family Dollar. Under the soft glow of a WaHo. My buddies truck/house/grill/pool cause I don't have the money for any of em.

  • @HelloMaster50
    @HelloMaster50 Před 3 lety +137

    How to be a Country Pop Star in 5 easy steps:
    1) Be a good looking (preferably Caucasian) male age 20-35
    2) Buy Cowboy boots, a cowboy hat, blue jeans, and plaid shirts
    3) Learn how to play basic acoustic guitar chords and learn decent voice pitch
    4) Watch this video and base your entire songwriting on what is mentioned the most
    5) Move to Nashville and get signed by a major label
    That's all there is to it!

    • @Hopeofmen
      @Hopeofmen Před 3 lety

      It's true. :)

    • @kaield4763
      @kaield4763 Před 3 lety +4

      That's why aside from Luke Combs and a few other people, I only listen to traditional country and bluegrass

    • @clarajays
      @clarajays Před 3 lety +1

      Nowadays, just a cap will do the trick 😒 sadly

    • @14gears55
      @14gears55 Před 3 lety +2

      You are correct sir....unfortunately. Very little country pop is even halfway decent, in my opinion. The more traditional acts like Randall King, Charley Crockett, Dave Fenley among numerous others take more time to develop a following it seems.

    • @GsusKryst
      @GsusKryst Před 3 lety

      You don't need step 4 . If you look the part and can sing someone will write your songs for you.

  • @facetsofus2008
    @facetsofus2008 Před 3 lety

    Great video as always!

  • @pinkdiscomosh2766
    @pinkdiscomosh2766 Před 2 lety

    Loved the video ma dude! I’m a big metal head and country is not the only genre of music that can get “a little” repetitive ;).

  • @baileycorwine3736
    @baileycorwine3736 Před 3 lety +66

    Grady. This was fantastic on so many levels. I really can’t believe you’ve kept this project going for 5 years 😂 That’s basically the equivalent of a college degree in country lyrics! Well done.

  • @BarrySmithviolin
    @BarrySmithviolin Před 3 lety

    Awesome video!
    More better than a little 🌟

  • @dcstar7994
    @dcstar7994 Před 3 lety

    Awesome job!

  • @marielambert7585
    @marielambert7585 Před 3 lety +23

    “Well I was drunk the day my mom got outta prison. And I went to pick her up in the rain. But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck. She got runned over by a damned old train.” Perfect country and western song

    • @chrisleslie8439
      @chrisleslie8439 Před 2 lety

      Came to comments specifically looking for a reference to this

  • @awolfofchaos3211
    @awolfofchaos3211 Před 3 lety +114

    Is "A Little Yeah" on Spotify? I could groove out to it!

  • @lifeisjustaclassroom
    @lifeisjustaclassroom Před 3 lety

    this was really cool to watch! rlly fascinating and so true
    and that song was really awesome! 👏

  • @sandra3193
    @sandra3193 Před 3 lety

    Love your song at the end, you are good.

  • @datboi1103
    @datboi1103 Před 3 lety +61

    I seriously would LOVE to see the metal genre version of this.

    • @nickjohnson7494
      @nickjohnson7494 Před 3 lety +1

      It would be interesting, as metal is a broader genre but also has many similar themes across those genres. Like, how would Gojira compare to Slipknot?

    • @pixelpudding3914
      @pixelpudding3914 Před 3 lety +2

      I want that to, just to see what’s gonna happen when they get to groups like Babymetal, Saint Snow, and Roselia

  • @_texan306
    @_texan306 Před 3 lety +62

    Starving else to remember Is not just dress, but a “little black dress” to be exact. And maybe that’s just 90’s country but it’s still here prevalent

  • @spencer1381
    @spencer1381 Před 2 lety

    I just feel like country is exciting and relaxing, It covers everything there’s a country song for whatever mood you’re in... Party, Blues, Chill and so on. That’s how everything gets with time... Repetitive you could say the same with any genre not just country, Look at rap you can always expect to here someone talk about getting with women staying strapped up and drugs/alcohol. We can’t expect to always hear new sounds because in all reality the goal for these people is to blow up and earn money so why change what doesn’t need to be fixed??? if you dislike the music don’t listen to it it’s really that simple. Btw I think this was a great video Grady I can tell you really put in a lot of work and effort we all appreciate the entertainment man I don’t want you to think I’m hating

  • @Ecjohnson98
    @Ecjohnson98 Před 3 lety

    I just love that shirt. Literally my favorite lyric in any song ever!

  • @lifeninja987
    @lifeninja987 Před 3 lety +61

    I’m only commenting just so the algorithm is like “yes, this video”

  • @happycheese5135
    @happycheese5135 Před 3 lety +37

    I love how the thumbnail is just Luke Bryan looking apprehensive like "oh yeah, those are all my songs, aren't they"

  • @TheVoltage2
    @TheVoltage2 Před 3 lety +5

    I remember having this conversation a long time ago with a friend. We determined based on our own experiences that Love (we roped in mentions of girls and boys into this) or partying, vehicles (more leaning on trucks, but we both admitted cars did get mentioned), and alcohol made up all of "current" country music. I put quotes around current because the conversation is old. Like, 2007 old. So I clicked on this video out of interest. Not because I like country music, I don't, but because I wanted to see if me and him were correct. I am almost disappointed at how correct we were. I wanted to be wrong, but this data really kind of proves us right.

  • @seagriz7670
    @seagriz7670 Před 3 lety

    awesome, awesome, awesome. this is one of the best things I've seen in a while.

  • @robsgirl7778
    @robsgirl7778 Před 3 lety +68

    We are gonna need a "little yeah" merch 🤣

  • @ChrisLoew
    @ChrisLoew Před 3 lety +17

    Songs are usually about emotions; love, possessions (truck, outfit), work, memories, sometimes events like holidays or social gatherings (wedding, funeral, anniversary) all in hopes to relate the shared memory you have in your life to that same memory attached to the song. The same with R&B, Rock, Country, Gospel, all competing for the mood you relate to.

  • @dayb79
    @dayb79 Před 8 měsíci

    Man, I’m new to country but I really enjoy you content and that was a great video.

  • @CommentingOnThis
    @CommentingOnThis Před 3 lety +9

    Would be interesting to have this level of analysis with other genres.

  • @RebeccaEWebber
    @RebeccaEWebber Před 3 lety +45

    I'm not sure why the algorithm led me here other than that I am a cultural anthropologist. You are delightful and I never knew country music was so... flirty.

    • @pockmock11
      @pockmock11 Před 3 lety +2

      I was dropping a huge shit while reading this, and some water splashed my ass

    • @pockmock11
      @pockmock11 Před 3 lety

      @Turquoise Cheetah while I didn't get an anthropology degree. I don't think getting one is useless. Also I did get everything off, but I'm has happened twice again since.

  • @seanaepley3180
    @seanaepley3180 Před 3 lety +62

    Noticed your "alcohol/drink" category did not include specific Beer Brands. I have a feeling it would tick up some if you added "PBR", "Bud" etc. :)
    Also, "pop top".
    Great video!

    • @wesleys3905
      @wesleys3905 Před 3 lety +5

      I was thinking they say “bar” a lot too

    • @not___eliza
      @not___eliza Před 3 lety +2

      If it had bud light it would so be higher

    • @gretals9782
      @gretals9782 Před 3 lety +1

      Miller light, a couple buds

  • @lucassmall8145
    @lucassmall8145 Před 3 lety

    Awesome video man!

  • @carmenbarr432
    @carmenbarr432 Před 3 lety

    YES I genuinely enjoyed this video, keep it up!

  • @britt.any_time
    @britt.any_time Před 3 lety +6

    this made me nostalgic and rly hit me in the feels but 100% in the best way. Well done, everything about this was top notch

  • @bestfloridaconcerts998
    @bestfloridaconcerts998 Před 3 lety +20

    Dude!! This is my favorite video of yours by far!!! This video and its editing is purely incredible. Great job Grady. 💯

  • @gabesylvestre
    @gabesylvestre Před 3 lety

    I am definitely what you would call a casual country fan. Especially bro country. This video made me smile so much! Thank you for the entertainment! Also, even with the bad vocals, you’re song was really fun to listen to!

  • @mrlexy
    @mrlexy Před 3 lety

    Awesome one Grady