"May We All" is a song recorded by American
country music
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group
Florida Georgia Line
Florida Georgia Line was an American country music duo founded in 2010 by vocalists and songwriters Tyler Hubbard of Georgia and Brian Kelley of Florida. Their 2012 debut single " Cruise" broke two major sales records: it was downloaded over ...
and country music artist
Tim McGraw
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. It is the second single from the duo's third studio album, ''
Dig Your Roots
''Dig Your Roots'' is the third studio album by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line. The album was released on August 26, 2016, by Big Machine and Big Loud Mountain. As with their first two albums, it is produced by Joey Moi. The ...
'', which was released on August 26, 2016. The song was written by
Rodney Clawson
Rodney Dale Clawson (born in Gruver, Texas, United States) is an American country music songwriter. Clawson has written singles recorded by Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Faith Hill, George Strait and Luke Bryan, among others.
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and Jamie Moore. "May We All" was first released for sale on July 16, 2016, by
Republic Nashville
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as an album and released as a single to radio in August.
Commercial performance
"May We All" debuted at number 27 on the
Hot Country Songs
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chart, selling 22,000 copies in its first week as a pre-release track for the album. It has since reached number two on that chart. It was the most added song on its official US radio add date in August 2016. It first appeared on the Country Airplay chart at number 51, and rose to number 34 the following week. It reached number one on the
Country Airplay
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chart in December 2016. It became Florida Georgia Line's ninth top 40 and seventh top 30 hit on the
pop
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chart, and McGraw's thirty-second top 40 and twenty-second top 30 hit on the
pop
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chart. To date, this is McGraw’s 29th and most recent number one song.
As of July 2017, the song had sold 635,000 copies in the United States.
It was certified double Platinum by the RIAA on December 12, 2018.
Music video
The music video was directed by
TK McKamy
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Thomas Knox McKamy III was born in Stone Mountain, Georgia and raised in the small town of Nicholasville, Kentucky. The son of Knox and Lynn McK ...
and premiered in August 2016. The video features Florida Georgia Line as racecar drivers and McGraw as the owner of the cars. The drivers are friends at first but fight after
Tyler Hubbard
Tyler Reed Hubbard (born January 31, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter, and musician, best known as a member of the Nashville-based duo Florida Georgia Line. After that duo went on hiatus in 2021, Hubbard began recording as a solo artist on ...
, one-half of Florida Georgia Line, puts
Brian Kelley, the other half, into the wall at the end of the second race. They reconcile after Kelley spins Hubbard out and ends up flipping the latter's car. Kelley then goes to help Hubbard out of the car. Hubbard's car catches on fire then the car explodes with him in it while his daughter looks on and yells, "Daddy!" and starts to cry. Against track official orders, Kelley pushes the firefighters away before he rushes in and pulls Hubbard out of the burning wreckage. The video ends with Hubbard asking Kelley if he won, to which he responds, "Yeah, buddy. We all Did." The video has them acting only (without singing), the first Florida Georgia Line video to do so.
The video was shot in
Hohenwald, Tennessee
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Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2016 songs
2016 singles
Florida Georgia Line songs
Tim McGraw songs
Republic Nashville singles
Vocal collaborations
Songs written by Rodney Clawson
Song recordings produced by Joey Moi
Music videos directed by TK McKamy
Country ballads
Republic Records singles