Lonely Drum
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| Single by Aaron Goodvin | ||||
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| Released | August 4, 2017[A] | |||
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| Length | 3:42 | |||
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"Lonely Drum" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian-American country artist Aaron Goodvin.[3] It was the second single from Goodvin's debut self-titled studio album.[4] Goodvin and his co-writers won "Songwriter of the Year" at the 2018 CCMA Awards for the song.[5]
Goodvin and co-writer Catt Gravitt were writing a song called "Trying to Forget You", and after finishing it, Gravitt said "I just love that song because it beats on that lonely drum". Goodvin remarked that he immediately wanted to write a song with that title, "Lonely Drum", and it took them around 45 minutes to complete it. He said that after three years of pitching the song, he recorded it himself, and was very happy with the reaction from fans and radio stations.[6]
Commercial performance
"Lonely Drum" reached a peak of #8 on the Billboard Canada Country chart.,[7] and #95 on the Canadian Hot 100.[8] It has been certified Double Platinum by Music Canada.[9] It reached a peak of #45 on the US Country Indicator chart.[10]