Knee Deep
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| "Knee Deep" | ||||
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| Single by Zac Brown Band featuring Jimmy Buffett | ||||
| from the album You Get What You Give | ||||
| Released | May 9, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:23 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Zac Brown Keith Stegall[1] | |||
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"Knee Deep" is a song recorded by American country music group Zac Brown Band with Jimmy Buffett. It was released in May 2011 as the third single from the Zac Brown Band's second major-label album, 2010's You Get What You Give. It reached number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for one week in August 2011. The song is about laying back and having no worries (some of the lyrics are: "Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair.")
Wyatt Durrette, the co-writer of "Knee Deep", told the website Taste of Country that he has been a longtime fan of Jimmy Buffett and that he wanted to write a beach-themed song. He based the first verse on a romantic breakup. Durrette brought the song to Brown, who helped him complete the second verse and melody. After neither of them could come up with a bridge, they in turn brought the song to Jeffrey Steele, who helped them complete it.[2]
Critical reception
Steve Morse of the Boston Globe called "Knee Deep" "festive" and a "highlight" of the album.[3] Country Weekly reviewer Jessica Phillips said that the song was "happy-go-lucky" but "sounds like a derivation of the band's own hit "Toes".[4] Eric R. Danton of the Hartford Courant called it "exactly the kind of song you'd expect to hear Jimmy Buffett sing, but with more mandolin".[5] Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a B+ rating, saying that the song "lacks spunk but radiates the same sea-breezy blissfulness" as "Toes".[6]
Music video
The music video of "Knee Deep" was directed by Darren Doane. It was filmed in Careyes in Jalisco, Mexico, and features actress Juliette Lewis.