19 Somethin'

January 2019 19 Somethin' 19 something.jpg single Mark Wills Greatest Hits "When You Think of Me"Whitburn Joel Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008 Record Research, Inc 2008 470–471 978-0-89820-177-2 2002 09 23 Country 3:20 Mercury Nashville David LeeChris DuBois Chris LindseyMark Wills I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You 2001 When You Think of Me 2003 "19 Somethin'" is a song written by David Lee and Chris DuBois and recorded by American country music singer Mark Wills. It was released in September 2002 as the first single from his Greatest Hits compilation album and spent six weeks at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart in early 2003. It reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the longer-lasting of Wills' two number one singles. It would become the number 2 country song of the decade on Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart. Content The song begins with singer's reminiscence of his formative years, the 1970s and 1980s. In the first verse and chorus, various 1970s-related bits of pop culture are referenced, such as Star Wars, Farrah Fawcett, eight tracks, and Stretch Armstrong; the first verse also mentions the videogame Pac-Man ("I had the Pac-Man pattern memorized.") The first chorus begins with the line "It was 1970-somethin' / In the world that I grew up in." Verse two, similarly, references 1980s pop culture, such as the Rubik's Cube, black Pontiac Trans Ams, and MTV. The second chorus likewise begins with "It was 1980-somethin'." In the song's bridge, the singer then expresses his desire to escape to his childhood years: "Now I've got a mortgage and an SUV / All this responsibility makes me wish sometimes / That it was 1980-somethin’." As the song was still at number one the week of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred, some radio stations momentarily stopped playing the single as the song contained the line "A space shuttle fell out of the sky," a reference to the similar Challenger disaster that occurred in 1986."In Memory"(PDF). Billboard. February 15, 2003. p. 46. Despite this however, the song would remain at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks, despite a decline of 323 play detections from radio stations monitored by Billboard for the week of February 15, 2003. Reception Critical An uncredited article in The Charlotte Observer said that the success of "19 Somethin'" was "doubly great" because it was a number one single and because it was up-tempo, in comparison to Wills's earlier ballads, such as "Don't Laugh at Me" and "Wish You Were Here".http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CO&s_site=charlotte&p_multi=CO&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F912E8D798B6DC5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM WILLS UPBEAT ABOUT LATEST HIT, ROCKING '19 SOMETHIN' ' HITS NO. 1 AFTER A STEADY STREAM OF BALLADS February 7, 2003 The Charlotte Observer August 24, 2011 Awards "19 Somethin'" was nominated for Single of the Year at the 38th annual Academy of Country Music awards in May 2003.https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/2003-03-04-cma_x.htm Keith gets 8 nominations March 4, 2003 USA Today August 24, 2011 Chart positions "19 Somethin'" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 5, 2002. It was Wills' second number one single, his first being "Wish You Were Here" in May 1999.http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1459370/mark-wills-tops-country-singles-chart.jhtml https://web.archive.org/web/20121024061325/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1459370/mark-wills-tops-country-singles-chart.jhtml dead October 24, 2012 Mark Wills Tops Country Singles Chart Gilbert Calvin January 6, 2003 CMT August 24, 2011 Chart (2002–2003)PeakpositionBillboardhot100 23 Mark Wills 19 Somethin' January 28, 2011Billboardcountrysongs 1 Mark Wills 19 Somethin' January 28, 2011 Year-end charts Chart (2003)Position US Billboard Hot 100https://billboardtop100of.com/2003-2/ Billboard Top 100 – 2003 billboardtop100of.com May 17, 2020 84 US Country Songs (Billboard)https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2003/hot-country-songs Best of 2003: Country Songs Billboard Prometheus Global Media 2003 July 13, 2012 3 Certifications United States Gold single Mark Wills 19 Somethin' 2002 2021 September 24, 2021 true true true Personnel According to liner notes. Tim Akers – keyboards J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar Eric Darken – percussion Aubrey Haynie – fiddle Wes Hightower – background vocals Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar Biff Watson – acoustic guitar Mark Wills – lead vocals Lonnie Wilson – drums Parody Country music parodist Cledus T. Judd parodied the song as "270 Somethin'" on his 2003 EP A Six Pack of Judd. Judd's parody tells of an obese person who loses weight. References 30em Category:Songs about nostalgia Category:2002 singles Category:2002 songs Category:Mark Wills songs Category:Songs written by Chris DuBois Category:Songs written by David Lee (songwriter) Category:Mercury Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by Chris Lindsey