Write You a Song

On February 12, 2014, Pardi opened alongside Chase Rice and Chris Young for Dierks Bentley on his Riser Tour.^[3] On August 5, he announced the Up All Night Tour, a 20-city North American fall promotion that began on October 10 in Lincoln, Nebraska and December 20 in Columbus, Ohio.^[4]

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Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Country Weekly	A−[6]
Digital Journal	[7]
Got Country Online	[8]
Roughstock	[9]

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Write You a Song received unanimously positive reception by music critics. At Country Weekly, Jon Freeman graded the album an A−, proclaiming that "We'll raise a glass to that."^[6] Steve Leggett of AllMusic rated the album three-and-a-half stars, stating that "The playing, production, and sound on Write You a Song are solid and professional, with enough edge to keep it from being simply predictable."^[5] At Digital Journal, Markos Papadatos rated the album four stars, saying that "Jon Pardi does a decent job on his debut studio album and hopefully, he will have more hits from it."^[7] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock rated the album four stars, writing that "The melodies are interesting, the songwriting is tight and Pardi is in strong voice throughout Write You A Song, which is all anyone can ask from a debut album and for anyone looking for someone to anoint as a potential ‘savior’ of Country music, Pardi may just be that guy for you."^[9] At Got Country Online, Tara Toro rated the album four stars, highlighting the album as "a cohesive package of country music that you’ll want to listen to again and again."^[8]

In 2017, Billboard contributor Chuck Dauphin placed three tracks from the album on his top 10 list of Pardi's best songs: "When I've Been Drinkin'" at number four, "What I Can't Put Down" at number six and "That Man" at number nine.^[10]

Adapted from the album's liner notes.^[11]

Musicians

• Howie Adams — percussion
• Brett Beavers — programming
• J. T. Corenflos — electric guitar
• Howard Duck — piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer electric piano, accordion, Hammond B-3 organ
• Dan Dugmore — electric guitar, pedal steel guitar
• Jenee Fleenor — fiddle
• Lee Francis — bass guitar, U-bass
• Keith Gattis — mandolin, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, gut string guitar
• Tommy Harden — drums, percussion
• Mike Johnson — pedal steel guitar
• Andy Leftwich — fiddle, mandolin, ganjo
• Rob McNelley — electric guitar
• Jimmy Melton — banjo
• Terry Lee Palmer — background vocals
• Jon Pardi — lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ganjo
• Brian Pruitt — drums, percussion
• Joe Spivey — acoustic guitar, fiddle
• Russell Terrell — background vocals
• Robby Turner — pedal steel guitar

Technical

• Bart Butler — production
• T.W. Cargile — recording
• Ryan Gore — recording, mixing
• Andrew Mendelson — mastering
• Jon Pardi — production
• Jarod Snowden — digital editing

The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 chart, and number three on the Top Country Albums chart, with 17,000 copies sold in its debut week.^[12] As of February 2016, the album has sold 85,000 copies in the U.S.^[13]