"Found" is a song recorded by Canadian

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singer and songwriter Dan Davidson for his debut solo

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, ''Songs for Georgia'' (2017). Davidson co-wrote the song with fellow musician Clayton Bellamy, while Jeff Dalziel produced the track. It was released independently on March 7, 2016 as Davidson's second solo single. "Found" was a radio hit, reaching number 16 on the

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chart, making it the highest-charting independent single on Canadian country radio.

Content

"Found" is an up-tempo

song with elements of bluegrass, including a

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solo. It was written by Dan Davidson and Clayton Bellamy over a couple of days in December 2015 at Bellamy's

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home. Davidson refers to the song as "fun, drunken proposal song;" in the chorus, he asks a love interest, "Would you marry me in the back forty?" while assuring her that they "could have that beautiful life."

Commercial performance

"Found" debuted at number 48 on the ''Billboard''

chart dated May 7, 2016. It was the 2nd most added song at Canadian country radio, according to

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, and tied for 8th most added at all formats for the week of June 14, 2016. On the next published chart, dated June 25, 2016, "Found" reached the top 30 of the ''Billboard'' chart. In doing so, it became the #1 independently-released and distributed country single in Canada. It reached a peak position of 16 on the chart dated July 16, 2016. "Found" was the best-selling Canadian country single for multiple weeks in July and August 2016, according to figures reported by

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. The song was certified Gold by

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in August 2017, and later reached Platinum status in September 2022.

Music video

The

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for "Found" was directed by Travis Nesbitt and filmed in Davidon's hometown of

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on a budget of $500. Described by Davidson as "sort of a hilarious experiment," the video features Davidson and his bandmates dressed in animal

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costumes and dancing around a barn. It premiered on Davidson's official

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