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"Tennessee Orange" is a song by American
country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...
singer
Megan Moroney Megan Ann Moroney (born October 9, 1997) is an American singer and songwriter from Douglasville, Georgia, west of Atlanta. Moroney first gained attention from her single "Hair Salon", which was included on her debut EP ''Pistol Made of Roses''. " ...
. The song was released in December 2022 as her debut single and the lead single from her debut studio album '' Lucky''. Moroney wrote the song with Ben Williams, David Fanning, and Paul Jenkins. It was nominated for the
Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year The following list shows the recipients of the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year. This Award goes to the songwriter(s) and is for artistic achievement in songwriting. Any Country Music song with original words and music is eligi ...
at the 57th Annual CMA Awards.


History

The song gained popularity while Moroney was still an unsigned artist, due to social media posts in which Moroney was wearing a
Tennessee Volunteers The Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the 20 male and female varsity intercollegiate athletics programs that represent the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers compete in Division I of the National Colleg ...
T-shirt that fans speculated belonged to
Morgan Wallen Morgan Cole Wallen (born May 13, 1993) is an American country pop singer from Sneedville, Tennessee. He competed in the The Voice (American season 6), sixth season of ''The Voice (American TV series), The Voice''. After being eliminated in the ...
. At the time, she was recording music produced by
Kristian Bush Kristian Merrill Bush (born March 14, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Bush is one half of the country music duo Sugarland with Jennifer Nettles, and was a member of the folk rock duo Billy Pilgrim (band), Billy Pi ...
, one-half of the duo
Sugarland Sugarland is an American country music duo founded in Atlanta, Georgia. The duo consists of singer-songwriters Jennifer Nettles (lead vocals) and Kristian Bush (vocals, guitar, mandolin). They were founded in 2002, when Kristen Hall (vocals, gu ...
, who serves as producer on the track. Due to the song's popularity online, it entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in October 2022 based on downloads and streaming, and led to her signing with
Arista Nashville Arista Nashville was an American record label that served as a wholly owned division of Sony Music, operated under the Sony Music Nashville division. Founded in 1989, the label specialized in country music artists, including Alan Jackson, Brooks ...
by year's end. The label serviced the song to country radio until March 2023, when parent company
Sony Music Nashville Sony Music Nashville is the country music branch of the Sony Music, Sony Music Group. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Sony Music Nashville includes its three country recording labels Arista Nashville, Columbia Records#Columbia Nashville, Colu ...
closed the Arista Nashville division and transferred Moroney to
Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American reco ...
' Nashville division. The song is a love story about
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, portraying a relationship between a narrator who is a fan of the
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and a man who is a fan of their rival, the Tennessee Volunteers. Moroney released a
music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...
in January 2023 which features Moroney wearing Tennessee Volunteers apparel.


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{{Megan Moroney 2022 songs 2022 debut singles American football music Songs about Tennessee Megan Moroney songs Songs written by David Fanning (singer) Songs written by Paul Jenkins (songwriter) Songs written by Megan Moroney Arista Nashville singles Columbia Nashville Records singles