Dierks Bentley tries to rally his lame buddies into party mode on his new song ‘
Am I the Only 1.’ It is the first single from his upcoming sixth studio album, and putting it out on a Monday is really a really mean method to remind us all that the weekend couldn’t possibly be further away.
But the song’s a great time whatever day you’re listening to it, a rip-roaring singalong filled with snarling guitars and an very genial spirit. It opens with Bentley’s buddies all bowing out of the bar trip in favor of televised hockey, dates with the wives or, most disturbingly, sobriety. It’s sufficient to create a country star question the meaning of life, or a minimum of his value system:
“Am I the only one who wants to have enjoyable tonight / Is there anybody out there wants to have a cold beer and kick it to the morning light? / If I have to raise hell all by myself, I will but y’all, that ain’t right / Yeah it’s time to get it on / Am I the only 1 that wants to have fun tonight?”
Luckily, our hero’s sad solitude at the bar doesn’t last lengthy; he’s soon rescued by a “country cutie with a rock ‘n’ roll bootie” who fires up the band by buying them all shots, and then demands a dance partner.
Based on Bentley on his official website, the song is already a massive hit with concert audiences. “The song is already killing it out there,” he reports. “The fans are singing the second and third choruses with fists within the air. I decided to stage dive Saturday night, and by Sunday night in Pittsburgh the fans had been crowd surfing prior to I even hit the stage. They haven’t been shy about letting me know that I’m not the ‘only 1!’”
