Charles Kelley On Helping Write Hit Song With Brett Young

Brett Young joined with writers Ben Caver, Justin Ebach and Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley to celebrate their collaborative Number One hit, “Here Tonight,” with a party in Nashville on Tuesday, May 28th. The four co-wrote the song while Brett was on the road opening for Lady A, and Charles tells us he caught wind of the writing session and created an opportunity for himself.

“The very un-shy guy that I am I said, ‘You guys writing a song?’ I said, ‘Well, if y’all need any extra inspiration I’m available today.’ Anytime you can kind of hop in there . . . Obviously Brett had had so much success and we’ve become buddies and I wanted to be a part of whatever his journey was. It’s always fun to kind of soak up some of these guys’ energy that are really on a hot streak like he was and we just went in there and had a good time and had this idea started and just kind of came out.”

“Here Tonight” was a two-week Number One on the Billboard country chart. It was the lead single from Brett’s newest album, Ticket To L.A.

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This post was written by Cheryl Johnstone