Hell of a Night (Dustin Lynch song)

"Hell of a Night"
Single by Dustin Lynch
from the album Where It's At
Released November 3, 2014 (2014-11-03)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2014
Genre Bro-country
Length 3:09
Label Broken Bow
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Mickey Jack Cones
Dustin Lynch singles chronology
"Where It's At (Yep, Yep)"
(2014)
"Hell of a Night"
(2014)
"Mind Reader"
(2015)

"Hell of a Night" is a song recorded by American country music artist Dustin Lynch. It was released in November 2014 as the second single from his second studio album, Where It's At. The song was written by Zach Crowell, Adam Sanders and Jaron Boyer and produced by Mickey Jack Cones.

Critical reception

Giving it a "C", Jon Freeman of Country Weekly wrote that "Dustin Lynch offers this unnecessarily heavy and dirge-like song about having a good time that sounds more like the soundtrack to an angst-ridden teenager's lonely Friday night of video games and Mountain Dew. It also awkwardly equates a minor-key melody and hard guitar stabs with 'sexy'," while adding that the production had "interesting guitar effects" and that Lynch "pushes himself vocally."[1]

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Monaco and premiered in May 2015.[2]

Chart performance

The song has sold 295,000 copies in the US as of September 2015.[3]

Chart (2014–15) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[4] 95
Canada Country (Billboard)[5] 8
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 55
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[7] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[9] 4
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10] 32
Preceded by
"House Party"
by Sam Hunt
Billboard Country Airplay
number-one single

September 19, 2015
Succeeded by
"Crash and Burn"
by Thomas Rhett

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[11] Gold 500,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. Freeman, Jon (2 February 2015). "Reviews: 'Hell of a Night'". Country Weekly 22 (5): 67. ISSN 1074-3235.
  2. "CMT : Videos : Dustin Lynch : Hell of a Night". Country Music Television. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  3. Bjorke, Matt (September 28, 2015). "Top 30 Digital Country Singles: September 28, 2015". Roughstock. Sales figure given here
  4. "Dustin Lynch – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Dustin Lynch.
  5. "Dustin Lynch – Chart history" Billboard Canada Country for Dustin Lynch.
  6. "Dustin Lynch – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Dustin Lynch.
  7. "Dustin Lynch – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Dustin Lynch.
  8. "Dustin Lynch – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Dustin Lynch.
  9. "Best of 2015: Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  10. "Best of 2015: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  11. "American single certifications – Dustin Lynch – Hell of a Night". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 31, 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
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