Real Life (Jake Owen song)

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Content

Owen told Billboard and Rolling Stone that the idea for the song came when he discussed his favorite artists with songwriter-producers Shane McAnally and Ross Copperman, mentioning Sublime and Sugar Ray in particular.[2] He also said that he wanted to record a song that differed from his usual beach-related themes, such as "Beachin'" or "The One That Got Away",[3] and that he wanted McAnally and Copperman to give him a song about "real-life situations".[4]

McAnally and Copperman, who produced the song, wrote it with Ashley Gorley and Josh Osborne.[2] It features "relentless acoustic rhythm" and "strange gang vocals and a series of odd-but-familiar images from small-town America: prom queens in plastic crowns, amateurish bar bands and rude Waffle House waitresses." According to Owen, the song is thematically about how "In a world of materialistic things, everybody is constantly looking for what they don't have, as opposed to looking for what's real and what you have right in front of you. That's what 'What We Ain't Got' touched on…'Real Life' is about what we've got and what's real to us."[2]

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song a positive review, saying that "Sonically, the arrangement complements the languid, kind of adolescent nature of his lyric and delivery. Owen’s brand of nostalgia isn’t poignant. He’s more recalling the rebellious nature of youth in a way that’s more specific to suburbian kids that country kids. That’s not to say his songwriting team is lazy with the lyrics — they make clever references throughout “Real Life” and rely on specific, yet somehow universal stories."[5]

Commercial performance

The song debuted on the Hot Country Songs at No. 27 and Country Airplay at No. 29 on its released. It also debuted on the Country Digital Songs chart at No. 6, selling 29,000 copies in the week.[6] It peaked at No. 17 on both Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay for charts of August 15, 2015. The song had sold 274,000 copies in the US as of October 2015.[7]

Music video

The music video was directed by Jeff Venable and premiered in June 2015.[8]

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[9] 89
Canada Country (Billboard)[10] 23
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 74
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[12] 17
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[13] 17

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[14] 71
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[15] 57

References

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  1. ↑ http://therowdy.com/article/jake-owen-says-single-real-life-won-t-make-cut-on-new-album
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  9. ↑ Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=793 "Jake Owen – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Jake Owen.
  10. ↑ Template:BillboardEncode/J&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A1240&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Template:BillboardEncode/J "Jake Owen – Chart history" Billboard Canada Country for Jake Owen.
  11. ↑ Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=379 "Jake Owen – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Jake Owen.
  12. ↑ Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=1226 "Jake Owen – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Jake Owen.
  13. ↑ Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=357 "Jake Owen – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Jake Owen.
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