"Loud" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian

country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. When referring to a specific polity, the term "country" may refer to a sovereign state, state with limited recognition, constituent country, ...

artist

Tim Hicks Tim Hicks (born August 22, 1979) is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. Since releasing his debut single " Get By" in 2012, he has had eighteen top ten hits on the Canada Country chart. His albums include: ' ...

. The track was produced by Todd Clark, who co-wrote the track with Hicks, Gavin Slate, and Travis Wood. The track was the lead single off Hicks' fourth studio album ''New Tattoo''.

Background

Hicks told ''Top Country'': "We had a riot writing and recording 'LOUD', and I think it shows on the track, it's high energy, guitar driven, and begs to be played live, so I can't wait to get out and perform it!"

Commercial performance

"Loud" was certified Gold by

Music Canada Music Canada is a non-profit Industry trade group, trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 in Toronto to represent the interests of companies that record, manufacture, produce, and distribute music in Canada. It also offers benefits to s ...

on October 7, 2020, with over 40,000 sales. It reached a peak of #4 on the ''Billboard''

Canada Country The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in ''Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, p ...

chart dated July 28, 2018, marking Hicks' eleventh Top 10 hit.Tim Hicks peak positions on the Canada Country chart: * "Get By", "Hell Raisin' Good Time", "Buzz, Buzz, Buzzing", "Here Comes the Thunder", "She Don't Drink Whiskey Anymore", "So Do I", "Stompin' Ground", "Slow Burn", "Slide Over", and "Forever Rebels": * "Got a Feeling": * "Young, Alive and In Love": * "One Horse Town": * "Loud":

In popular culture

"Loud" was licensed for use during the

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs The 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2017–18 season. The playoffs began on April 11, 2018, after the regular season, and they concluded on June 7, 2018, with the Washington Capi ...

Sportsnet Sportsnet is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language Discretionary service, discretionary sports broadcasting, sports specialty channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media. It was established in 1998 as CTV Sportsnet, a joint venture betw ...

in Canada and

NBC Sports NBC Sports is an American programming division for NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, that is responsible for sports broadcasts on their broadcast network NBC, the Cable television, cable channels NBC owns, and on Peacock (streaming service) ...

in the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

Team Canada Canadian National Team or Team Canada may refer to: Canada at multi-sport events * Canada at the Olympics ** Canadian Olympic Committee * Canada at the Paralympics ** Canadian Paralympic Committee * Canada at the Commonwealth Games * Canada at ...

chose "Loud" as their official goal song for the

2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''2021 WJHC'') was the 45th edition of the IIHF World Junior Championship, Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, held from 25 December 2020 to 5 January 2021. This marked the 16th time that Canada ...

Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...

. The song was heard 41 times across Team Canada's 41 goals.

Music video

The official music video for "Loud" premiered on May 31, 2018 and was directed by

Peter Zavadil Peter Zavadil is an American music video director who works primarily in the field of country music. He has directed many music videos since the late 1990s. He has won the Country Music Association Award for Video of the Year twice from seven nomi ...

Charts

Certifications

References

{{authority control 2018 songs 2018 singles Tim Hicks songs Open Road Recordings singles Songs written by Tim Hicks Songs written by Todd Clark Songs written by Gavin Slate Songs written by Travis Wood (songwriter) Song recordings produced by Todd Clark