"You Proof" is a song by American

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. It was released as a promotional single on May 13, 2022, before being released to country radio on July 18, 2022. The song was written by Wallen, along with

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, Ernest Keith Smith, and Ryan Vojtesak and is the lead single from Wallen's third studio album '' One Thing at a Time''.

Content

The song is about "drinking away the memory of a previous lover". Its main instrument is

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. Wallen released it to honor his 29th birthday. The song was then featured on season one, episode six, of the

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Chart performance

"You Proof" debuted at number one on the ''

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chart for May 23, 2022, replacing Wallen's own " Wasted on You". It is Wallen's fifth single to debut at the top of that chart. It also peaked at number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 becoming his highest charting song on the chart at the time, surpassing " 7 Summers", which peaked at number six. It spent five consecutive weeks at number one on Country Airplay starting with the chart dated October 15, 2022, before falling to number two and being dethroned at the top by

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's " 5 Foot 9" on November 19. The following week, it remained at number two, having been leapfrogged by

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's " Half of Me". On the chart dated December 3, "You Proof" returned to number one for a sixth week before being dethroned again the following week by Bailey Zimmerman's " Fall in Love". On the chart dated December 17, it again returned to the top for four additional weeks. The song ultimately spent a total of ten non-consecutive weeks at number one. With its time at number one on Country Airplay spanning three separate runs, the song became the first in that chart's history to rebound to the top after multiple songs reached number one in between. In addition, the song's ten-week run atop the Country Airplay chart set a new record for the longest-running number one single in that chart's history, surpassing

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" (2003), which each spent eight weeks at the top. This record would later be tied in February 2024 by Nate Smith's " World on Fire".

Music video

The music video directed by Justin Clough, produced by Taylor Vermillion, and filmed in

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, it was released on September 9, 2022. It expresses a loss at the attempt to fade the memory of a past lover. The video shows a former love interest, performed by Charlie Jordan, jumping into Wallen's car in a liquor store parking lot and drives recklessly through town and down a back road with Wallen in the backseat. Wallen jumps out of the car, only to realize he had been hallucinating.

Charts

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References

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