Cab in a Solo
{{Infobox song
| name = Cab in a Solo
| cover = Scotty McCreery - Cab in a Solo.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Scotty McCreery
| album = Rise & Fall
| released = {{Start date|2023|8|21}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:45
| label = Triple Tigers
| writer =
- Brent Anderson
- Scotty McCreery
- Frank Rogers
| producer =
- Frank Rogers
- Aaron Eshuis
- Derek Wells
| prev_title = It Matters to Her
| prev_year = 2022
| next_title = Fall of Summer
| next_year = 2024
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|7M3gdcnM6eg|"Cab in a Solo"}}}}
}}
"Cab in a Solo" is a song by American country music singer Scotty McCreery. He wrote the song with Brent Anderson and Frank Rogers. It was released on August 23, 2023 as the lead single from his sixth studio album Rise & Fall.{{cite web|url=https://audilous.com/scotty-mccreerys-next-album-rise-fall-is-on-the-way/|title=Scotty McCreery's Next Album, Rise & Fall Is on the Way|date=February 29, 2024|website=Audilous|access-date=April 14, 2024}}
Content
McCreery co-wrote "Cab in a Solo" with Brent Anderson and Frank Rogers, the latter of whom also produced it with Aaron Eshuis and Derek Wells. It was written during a retreat in the mountains of North Carolina and is described as a heartbreak song that evokes '90s country nostalgia in its traditional sound.{{cite web|url=https://www.scottymccreery.com/news/1039-scotty-mccreery-releases-new-heartbreak-single-cab-in-a-solo.html|title=Scotty McCreery Releases New Heartbreak Single "Cab in a Solo"|website=Scotty McCreery|access-date=April 14, 2024}}
Drawing comparisons to '90s country songs like Wynonna Judd's "I Saw the Light" and Rhett Akins's "That Ain't My Truck", the premise of the song finds McCreery's character looking to rekindle the romance with his girlfriend, following a breakup, with an expensive bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon, but he finds that she's already moved on when he pulls up to her house to see more than one shadow on her bedroom wall. It creates the song's hook of drowning his sorrows: "Drinkin' cab in a solo / Solo in the cab of my truck."{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/scotty-mccreery-cab-in-a-solo-makin-tracks-1235418052/|title=How the Distasteful Topic of Scotty McCreery's 'Cab in a Solo' Still Ended Up Going Down Smoothly|author=Tom Roland|date=September 21, 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 14, 2024}}
McCreery embarked on his headlining Cab in a Solo Tour in January 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.cmt.com/news/05d0fq/scotty-mccreery-announces-2024-cab-in-a-solo-tour|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013050629/https://www.cmt.com/news/05d0fq/scotty-mccreery-announces-2024-cab-in-a-solo-tour|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 13, 2023|title=Scotty McCreery Announces 2024 Cab in a Solo Tour|author=Cindy Watts|date=October 12, 2023|website=CMT|access-date=April 14, 2024}}
Chart performance
"Cab in a Solo" peaked at number two on the Billboard Country Airplay chart dated May 4, 2024.{{cite magazine|url=https://bulletins.billboard.com/country/country_update_2024_0426.pdf|title=Billboard Country Update|magazine=Billboard|date=April 26, 2024|access-date=June 21, 2024}} It did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, an extension of the Hot 100.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/scotty-mccreery/chart-history/hbu/|title=Scotty McCreery Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 21, 2024}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+ Weekly chart performance for "Cab in a Solo" ! scope="col"| Chart (2023–2024) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadacountry|14|artist=Scotty McCreery|rowheader=true|access-date=May 20, 2024}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardbubbling100|1|artist=Scotty McCreery|rowheader=true|access-date=April 30, 2024}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountryairplay|2|artist=Scotty McCreery|rowheader=true|access-date=April 27, 2024}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|20|artist=Scotty McCreery|rowheader=true|access-date=April 30, 2024}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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|+ 2024 year-end chart performance for "Cab in a Solo" ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Country Airplay (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2024/country-airplay-songs|title=Country Airplay – Year-End 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 14, 2024}}
| 33 |
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| scope="row"| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2024/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 15, 2024}}
| 84 |
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References
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{{Scotty McCreery}}
Category:Scotty McCreery songs
Category:Songs written by Brent Anderson (singer)
Category:Songs written by Scotty McCreery
Category:Songs written by Frank Rogers (record producer)
Category:Song recordings produced by Frank Rogers (record producer)