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Single by Florida Georgia Line | ||||
from the album Here's to the Good Times | ||||
Released | August 6, 2012[1] | |||
Recorded | December 2011[2] | |||
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"Cruise" (Remix) | ||||
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"Cruise" on YouTube |
"Cruise" is a song recorded by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line. It was first released to iTunes in April 2012 and then to radio on August 6, 2012[1] as the first single from their extended play It'z Just What We Do.[2] It was written by group members Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard with Joey Moi, Chase Rice, and Jesse Rice (no relation). It is included on their first album for Republic Nashville, Here's to the Good Times, released on December 4.[3] "Cruise" is the best-selling country digital song of all time in the United States as of January 2014.[4][needs update] The song is considered the foremost example of the genre of country music termed "bro-country".[5][6][7]
The recording by Florida Georgia Line reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 on its initial release, but dropped off the Hot 100 in February 2013. A couple of months later, a remix by rapper Nelly was released, and the song then re-entered the top 10.[8] The song reached a peak of No. 4 on the Hot 100 chart in its 34th week, one of the slowest climbs to the top five in the chart's history. The song also logged 24 weeks at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs, becoming the longest-running No. 1 single on that chart at the time, until it was surpassed in 2017 by Sam Hunt's "Body Like a Back Road".
The Nelly remix, produced by Jason Nevins, was released to iTunes on April 2, 2013, and to pop radio on April 16 of that same year.[9] The remix was played at the end of Nelly's music video for "Hey Porsche", and it was included on the deluxe version of Florida Georgia Line's album, This Is How We Roll. In total, all versions of the songs have sold over 7 million copies in the US.[10]
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