Buy Me a Boat

Better known as a songwriter, (he co-penned Tim McGraw's "Truck Yeah"), Chris Janson achieved a hit of his own with this self-released mellow rocker about big dreams and small realities. The song landed at #1 on the iTunes charts just hours after its release thanks to radio airplay from the Premiere Networks-syndicated Bobby Bones Show. "We went to bed Thursday, a normal night, and then woke up to the phone ringing off the hook," remarked Kelly Janson, Chris's wife and manager to Billboard magazine.

Chris Janson wrote the song with frequent Brad Paisley collaborator Chris DuBois ("Then," "Remind Me.") Chris Janson told Billboard magazine that he was "in a '70s head space" when they wrote it; "maybe a Hank Jr or Waylon sound." He added: "I hate to compare myself to anybody so I won't do that. I've always taken a sense of pride in trying to be me and trying to find my sound. It's ebbed and flowed over the years, because you grow as a man, but with the song, I didn't pull any influence from anywhere except the stuff that I loved. The song came so quick and it felt so right and easy and we did it."

The song finds Janson dreaming of having the money to buy the things he desires, such as a boat. "We wanted to write a lifestyle piece that not only us but other people can identify with," he told Rolling Stone. "We tried to write it to America and people who live normal lifestyles. I am that guy."