All Alright
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{{Infobox song
| name = All Alright
| cover = All alright.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Zac Brown Band
| album = The Grohl Sessions, Vol. 1
| released = {{Start date|2014|4|28}}{{cite web|url=https://www.musicrow.com/wp-content/CBOcharts/CBOChart042414.pdf|title=Music Row : Country Breakout Chart|date=April 24, 2014|quotation=Zac Brown Band’s "All Alright" debut is more than just all right at No. 69|website=Musicrow.com|access-date=January 20, 2022}}
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| studio =
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| genre = Country
| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=23}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-grohl-sessions-vol-1-ep/771004202|title=The Grohl Sessions, Vol. 1 - EP by Zac Brown Band on iTunes|date=10 December 2013|website=iTunes|access-date=11 September 2018}}
| label = Southern Ground
| writer = {{flatlist|
- Zac Brown
- Eric Church
- Jimmy De Martini
- Wyatt Durrette
- John Driskell Hopkins{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1718777/zac-brown-band-parmalee-release-new-music.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212214631/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1718777/zac-brown-band-parmalee-release-new-music.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 12, 2013|title=Zac Brown Band, Parmalee Release New Music|website=Cmt.com|access-date=11 September 2018}}}}
| producer = Dave Grohl
| prev_title = Sweet Annie
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = Homegrown
| next_year = 2015
}}
"All Alright" is a song recorded by the American country music group Zac Brown Band. It was released on April 28, 2014, and is the first single from the band's second extended play, The Grohl Sessions, Vol. 1.
Content
The song is about a man who feels conflict over a relationship,{{cite journal|last=Freeman|first=Jon|date=2 June 2014|title=Zac Brown Band — 'All Alright'|journal=Country Weekly|volume=21|issue=22|page=67|issn=1074-3235}} saying that it was "all alright, now it's all wrong." Band members Zac Brown, Jimmy De Martin, and John Driskell Hopkins wrote the song with Wyatt Durrette, who had written several other songs for the Zac Brown Band, and Eric Church. A. J. Ghent plays an electric guitar solo.{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Grohl Sessions, Vol. 1 |others=Zac Brown Band |year=2014 |type=CD insert |publisher=Southern Ground |id=SGA022}}
Commercial reception
Up to July 30, 2014, the song had sold 58,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://roughstock.com/news/top-30-digital-singles-july-30-2014/ |title=The Top 30 Digital Singles - July 30, 2014 | RoughStock |access-date=April 6, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100754/http://roughstock.com/news/top-30-digital-singles-july-30-2014/ |archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}
Critical reception
Alanna Conaway of Roughstock gave the single a positive review, stating that it is likely to add another huge hit to the band's ten number one hits and that it was one of the best singles of 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/single-review-zac-brown-band-all-aright |title=Single Review: Zac Brown Band - All Aright | Country Music Reviews, Taylor Swift to Lady Antebellum | Roughstock.com |access-date=2014-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427230609/http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/single-review-zac-brown-band-all-aright |archive-date=2014-04-27 |url-status=dead }} Jon Freeman of Country Weekly rated it "B+", praising the Southern rock influences of the production and the "impressionistic metaphors" of the lyric, but adding, "It also comes with a challenging, rangy melody that exposes some of the typically solid Zac's weaknesses as a vocalist. But the band's musicianship is as impressive as ever."
Music video
The music video was directed by Cole Cassell and was premiered in July 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/zac-brown-band/1064226/all-alright.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728043228/http://www.cmt.com/videos/zac-brown-band/1064226/all-alright.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 28, 2014|title=Zac Brown Band : All Alright|publisher=Country Music Television|access-date=July 23, 2014}}
Chart performance
"All Alright" debuted at number 53 on the U.S. Billboard Country Airplay chart for the week of May 10, 2014{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6070135/chart-highlights-lordes-tennis-court-nets-adult-pop-songs-debut|title=Chart Highlights: Lorde's 'Tennis Court' Nets Adult Pop Songs Debut|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=April 28, 2014}} and at number 44 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of May 31, 2014. The song peaked at number 17 on Country Airplay.
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!align="left"|Chart (2014) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcanadacountry|40|artist=Zac Brown Band}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardbubbling100|5|artist=Zac Brown Band}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountryairplay|17|artist=Zac Brown Band}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|24|artist=Zac Brown Band}} |
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Category:Songs written by Eric Church
Category:Songs written by John Driskell Hopkins