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Blake Shelton is an American country singer born in Ada, Oklahoma in 1976. He started performing at age 8. His first number 1 hit was Hill Billy Bone, followed by Austin, The Baby, and My Eyes. He has won an array of awards for his music from; the Academy of Country Music Awards, CMT Music Awards and the American Country Music Awards plus many more. He is also known for being one of the judges on the TV show, The Voice. Shelton is married to Miranda Lambert.

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3 Oct, 2014

I Need My Girl

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Shelton releases his single, I Need My Girl,  from his album, Bringing Back The Sunshine. Shelton:

That’s right in my wheelhouse of what I do, along the lines of ‘She Wouldn’t Be Gone’ or ‘Over You,’ some of those type of records that are kind of a power ballad. That’s my natural go-to, and that was fun for me to sing.

Blake Shelton - I Need My Girl (Concept Video)

Bringing Back The Sunshine

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Shelton releases his single, Bringing Back The Sunshine from his album with the same name. Shelton:

I love the message of the song. It’s about a couple that’s gone through something, probably separated, and just decided to get back together. What’s most important is their love. There’s something magical about that title, and given what this album is all about, I thought Bringing Back the Sunshine is like I’m bringing back some country music, some of these sounds we don’t hear that much anymore in country, at least in the mainstream.

Blake Shelton - Bringing Back The Sunshine (Concept Video)

30 Sep, 2014

Lonely Tonight

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Shelton releases his single, Lonely Tonight, featuring Ashley Monroe, from his album, Bringing Back The Sunshine. Shelton says that the vocals in this song were the toughest ones for him to sing:

That song is just so range-y and, on top of that, I knew Ashley was going to come in and sing on it, and I knew that people were gonna hear her singing in a way they’d never heard her sing before.

Blake Shelton - Lonely Tonight (Concept Video)

27 Mar, 2014

Medicine

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Shakira sings with Shelton in the single, Medicine. Shakira:

I think I have real folk roots in my previous albums.The acoustic guitars, that type of narrative, songs that have a traditional structure. And I said to Shelton, ‘I want to do that type of song.’ When I wrote the song I didn’t know what direction to go in and I did like eight versions. Dance, pop … but I said no, this is a country song.

Shakira ft Blake Shelton - Medicine (Music Video)

14 Feb, 2014

Doin’ What She Likes

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Shelton releases the video for his single Doin’ What She Likes. The video begins with a phone conversation with his wife, offering to make her dinner:

I think it’d be good for me. Fan the flames a little bit.

When the candle he lights catches the curtains on fire, and the house quickly goes up in flames. Shelton opts to offer to take her out for dinner instead of telling her about the disaster:

Blake Shelton - Doin' What She Likes (Official Music Video)

7 May, 2013

Boys Round’ Here

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Shelton teams up with the Pistol Annies and the Voice star, RaeLynn, for the single.  Blake raps in the song, Chew tobacco, chew tobacco, chew tobacco, spit. The singer claims although in real life he has never chewed tobacco, there is another product he used to chomp:

Back in the day, remember when they used to make – and they probably still do – beef jerky that’s shredded and they put it in the cans for kids to act like they’re dipping.I wore some of that out back in the day, especially in elementary school… Then I did a little Big League Chew. Still do some of that every now and then.

Blake Shelton - Boys 'Round Here ft. Pistol Annies & Friends (Official Music Video)

1 Mar, 2012

Over You

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Lambert releases the video for the song that she co-wrote with her husband Blake Shelton. The song is about the loss of Shelton’s brother who was killed in a car accident when he was a teenager. Shelton explains what brought the couple to write the single:

Because we were talking about my brother. And that’s how those things should happen, probably. It was really a way of healing, and honoring my brother’s memory. And the fact that people were into the song … that’s a thrill for me.

Miranda Lambert - Over You

12 Jul, 2011

God Gave Me You

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Shelton releases his second single from his album, Red River Blue.The song was originally written and recorded by Christian rocker, Dave Barnes. Shelton tells how he felt after hearing the original on the radio:

For whatever reason I was flipping through stations and landed on a contemporary Christian station, and that song came on and I almost had to pull the truck over. It was one of those moments for me where I felt like I was hearing that song at that moment for a reason.

Blake Shelton - God Gave Me You (Official Music Video)

1 May, 2007

Don’t Make Me

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Shelton releases the single, Don’t Make Me, from his album, Pure B.S.

Don’t Make Me was one of those things that when everyone heard it, it was unanimous that it was a special song and kind of a new sound for me. It’s about a guy who is going through a lot of struggles and is not sure how to handle it. That’s been me in the last year and a half. I’ve been kind of up in down in my personal life and a lot of that reflects in this song and the rest of the album.

The More I Drink

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Shelton releases his single, The More I Drink, from his album, Pure B.S.According to Shelton’s mom, her son isn’t the drinker that he claims that he is in his song:

He likes to make people think he’s drunk, but I’ve never seen that boy drunk in my life.

 

Blake Shelton - The More I Drink [Live Version] (Video)