That'd Be Alright

"That'd Be Alright"
Single by Alan Jackson
from the album Drive
B-side "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"
Released December 9, 2002 (2002-12-09)
Format Promo-only CD single
Recorded 2001–2002
Genre Country
Length 3:41
Label Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s) Tia Sillers
Tim Nichols
Mark D. Sanders
Producer(s) Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson singles chronology
"Work in Progress"
(2002)		 "That'd Be Alright"
(2002)		 "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"
(2003)

"Work in Progress"
(2002)		 "That'd Be Alright"
(2002)		 "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"
(2003)

"That'd Be Alright" is a song written by Tia Sillers, Tim Nichols and Mark D. Sanders, and performed by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in December 2002 as the fourth and final single his album Drive. The song reached the Top 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, peaking at number 2.[1]

Music video

The music video was directed by Steven Goldmann. It is one of the longest country music videos ever aired, with its running time at over 9 minutes. It starts out with Jackson, Joe Galante (president of Sony BMG's Nashville division at the time, the parent company of Jackson's label) and cinematographer Gerry Aschlag portraying a film director who wants to work in the music video field. The three are in a conference room together with Aschlag discussing his ideas for a new video. Jackson is mostly unimpressed with Aschlag's ideas, but still humors Aschlag by pretending to like his ideas. Finally, Jackson sarcastically reveals Aschlag his own idea - "shoot this thing without me in it," and then, he leaves the room. Then the song starts out with Aschlag attempting to go on with the video shoot by auditioning look-a-likes of Jackson, and even going as far as secretly filming Jackson going about his daily business, and shows the band playing in the barn. A still image from the Mercury Blues video is seen by mouth movements. Another still image from the It's Alright to Be a Redneck video is used by mouth movements. Stock footage from Chattahoochee, Summertime Blues, Don't Rock the Jukebox, and I'll Go On Loving You are used by mouth movements. The video ends with Aschlag daydreaming that the finished project had just won a country music award. A clip from the 2002 Academy of Country Music Awards is seen near the end of the video. Scenes also included Jackson at a Sonic Drive In, and it shows his wife, and it shows him dressed as a space cowboy.

Chart performance

"That'd Be Alright" debuted at number 53 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of December 14, 2002.

Chart (2002–2003) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 29

Year-end charts

Chart (2003) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 22

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. ↑ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ↑ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. ↑ "Best of 2003: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2012.


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