Shotgun Rider
Tim McGraw
2014
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 2014
Release: 2014Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The selected Sundown Heaven Town recording has a 2014 release field and belongs to the original 2014 program. Its documented writers are Hillary Lindsey, Marv Green and Troy Verges; the older Let It Go song of the same title has different writers and does not backdate this recording.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2014.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Sundown Heaven Town (Deluxe Edition) - licensed original program
The licensed 2014 program, visible album date and original track metadata identify the selected recording and its album association. Individual earlier recording dates are considered separately; a later expanded edition is not treated as the first release of older tracks.
Shotgun Rider - licensed recording item
The actual recording page identifies Tim McGraw and the selected Shotgun Rider item. Its visible original release header and the parent program were read together; only supported year precision is published.
Let It Go - licensed credits for the different 2007 Shotgun Rider
The licensed Let It Go program identifies the older Shotgun Rider and credits Jeffrey Steele, Sherrie Austin and Anthony Smith as writers. It is used only to distinguish this earlier same-title work from the selected 2014 Sundown Heaven Town song; a later distributor copyright date is not treated as the older recording release date.
Hillary Lindsey - Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame catalog
The institutional songwriter catalog lists the Tim McGraw 2014 Shotgun Rider written by Hillary Lindsey with Marv Green and Troy Verges. Together with the licensed original 2014 album and track headers, the different writers distinguish it from McGraw's older Let It Go song. The catalog year is not used alone to assign a first release date.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
McGraw wanted to create a romantic country song about road trips with a loved one.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2014.html, position 89
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Supplied annual selection; independent annual corroboration remains open
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 2014.html
Supplied annual selection, not independently corroborated.
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