Online (song)
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| Single by Brad Paisley from the album 5th Gear |
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| Released | August 2007 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Genre | Country | ||||
| Length | 4:56 (album version) | ||||
| Label | Arista Nashville | ||||
| Writer(s) | Chris DuBois Kelley Lovelace Brad Paisley |
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| Producer | Frank Rogers | ||||
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"Online" is a single by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It is the second single from his 2007 album 5th Gear. The single is Brad's ninth overall Number One single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, as well as his fifth consecutive Number One. In addition, the song's music video won a Video of the Year award for Brad at the 2007 Country Music Association awards.
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[edit] Content
"Online" is a satire of the online world, specifically MySpace. Here, the song's protagonist is a geek who lives at home with his parents, holds a job at the local pizzeria, and claims limited success in the dating world. Actually "five-foot-three and overweight", a fan of science fiction, and a mild asthmatic, the main character has an account on MySpace. There, he assumes a much more desirable personality: "Online, I'm out in Hollywood / I'm six-foot-five and I look damn good / I drive a Maserati / I'm a black-belt in karate / And I love a good glass of wine". Later in the song, he claims to live in Malibu, California, have a finely sculptured body, and pose for Calvin Klein Inc. and GQ. The fictitious alternate personalities make the geek claim that he is "so much cooler online".
[edit] Video
The video is directed by actor Jason Alexander, who also plays the geek in the song; William Shatner and Estelle Harris play his parents. Patrick Warburton has a cameo as a car dealer, and Maureen McCormick is featured as the geek's next door neighbor; the marching band from Brentwood High School in Brentwood, Tennessee makes an appearance at the end, as do country music artists Taylor Swift and Kellie Pickler. The video was shot in Auburn, Washington, during Brad Paisley's tour.
Shatner and Alexander also appear in the video for Paisley's 2003 song "Celebrity." At one point in the "Online" video, the character played by Paisley and Alexander is seen watching the music video for "Celebrity" on a computer. Also, Paisley's previous #1 hit, "Ticks" is heard playing at a party in the first few seconds of the "Online" video.
The song's video became the first ever country music video to reach Number One on the iTunes video sales charts.[1] In 2007, the video also won a Video of the Year at the 41st CMA Awards.
Brad Paisley held a contest allowing all the computer nerds and "cyber geeks" to direct their own videos for "Online". [2] He chose the winner on July 31st. The winning videos were announced July 31 in a format copying the opening credits of Star Wars films. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ Neal, Chris (August 13, 2007). "Brad Tops iTunes". Country Weekly 14 (17): 58.
- ^ You Tube: Brad Paisley announces "Online" video contest
- ^ YouTube: "Online" video contest winners
[edit] Peak positions
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 39 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 89 |
| Canadian Country Singles | 1 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 50 |
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| Preceded by "Take Me There" by Rascal Flatts |
Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single October 13, 2007 |
Succeeded by "Love Me If You Can" by Toby Keith |
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