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The song was recorded to commemorate the Country Music Association Awards reaching its 50th year. Originally, CMA Awards producers had wanted to record a cover of a single song; the idea to instead record a mashup came from Joseph Kahn , who directed the song's music video. The song was recorded in a span of three days in Nashville, Tennessee , in June with Shane McAnally as producer, with the music video produced concurrently. All profits from the sale and streaming of the song go to music education supported by the CMA Foundation. The song debuted atop Billboard ' s Hot Country Songs chart, becoming the third song in history to achieve the feat and giving every artist featured on the song a number one hit. Along with Nelson and Parton singing portions of their own songs, the song features 28 other current and veteran country acts who are all previous CMA winners; Denver died in The idea for the song and its accompanying video was born at a CMA board meeting as a way to celebrate the milestone of 50 years of the CMA Awards. Kahn began to think about different possible songs but felt that the choices were too limited in terms of trying to get the entire history of country music into one song. So he pitched the CMA board the idea of doing a mash-up of three different songs, so that one would get more of a breadth of the history. After the idea coalesced, Shane McAnally was asked to take up the assignment to execute Kahn's idea. He was among the first people approached to take up the task, being on the CMA board partly as a result of his star-making work with Kacey Musgraves and Old Dominion.

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The song was recorded to commemorate the Country Music Association Awards reaching its 50th year. Originally, CMA Awards producers had wanted to record a cover of a single song; the idea to instead record a mashup came from Joseph Kahn, who directed the song's music video. The song was recorded in a span of three days in Nashville, Tennessee in June with Shane McAnally as producer, with the music video produced concurrently. The video begins with Paisley gazing out a window as he sings the song's opening lyrics and closes with Parton singing in a field with the rest of the artists. In between, many country music stars can be seen singing, walking, and looking out across digitally-imposed landscapes like fields, farms, backroads, railroad tracks, famous locales like Nashville's Lower Broadway and international landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower, London and the Mesa Arch. On September 19, , select members of the press, industry, and CMA board members got an exclusive first look at the video at Nashville's Belcourt Theatre.

What should be little more than an exercise in nostalgia is the most unexpectedly moving country recording in recent memory. The guest list includes titans of tradition like Alan Jackson and Charley Pride, alongside pop-flavored superstars like Ronnie Milsap and Rascal Flatts. But for all those trappings, it first gained notice as a British pop hit for Olivia Newton-John, who would share top billing with its writer, John Denver, as the most resented genre interlopers of the mid-seventies. He wrote it for the movie he was starring in, Honeysuckle Rose , and it became his biggest pop hit up until that point. First, Parton herself took it to 1 for a second time in , with a new Hollywood pop arrangement befitting its appearance in her film, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. The most powerful part of the song is the traditional arrangement of the bridge, where three of the best traditional vocalists — Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, and Vince Gill — showcase the pure mountain beauty of its melody. And then, after a moment of silence that recalls the Houston record, we get some of our most powerful female voices in all of their glory: Carrie Underwood, then Martina McBride, then Trisha Yearwood, and then Faith Hill.

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And while Randy Travis -- one of the leading country stars of the '80s and '90s -- has seen his career sidelined since by a stroke, he made a cameo appearance in the video, and is credited as one of the artists on the single. Rascal Flatts. Initially, it was unknown how many stars would participate. Blake Shelton George Strait Runtime 4 minutes. Learn more. Release date September 20, United States. Brad Paisley. Vince Gill Vince Gill. There were a handful of people with whom the team could not get their schedules to work. Carrie Underwood.

Produced by Shane McAnally, "Forever Country" was designed to celebrate country music's past and present, and with that in mind, the recording and subsequent music video included an impressive roster of country talent. And while Randy Travis -- one of the leading country stars of the '80s and '90s -- has seen his career sidelined since by a stroke, he made a cameo appearance in the video, and is credited as one of the artists on the single.

Keith Urban Trisha Yearwood Initially, it was unknown how many stars would participate. Little Big Town. Top picks Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. West Virginia MetroNews. Miranda Lambert. Page updated. October 8, As we neared the finish line, it came down to some folks literally having just one line left they could sing, and it was like, "Please, God, just let this work with their voice. And we can't just cut into them and take a piece.