One Mississippi (song) explained

"One Mississippi" is a song recorded by American country music singer Kane Brown. It was released on August 20, 2021, as the lead single from Brown's third studio album Different Man. The song was co-written by Brown, Ernest Keith Smith, Jesse Frasure and Levon Gray, and produced by Dann Huff.^[1]

Background

In 2021, Brown signed a new writer, Levon Gray. It marks the first work between them.

He told to Country Now, said: "Gray tagged me in a post, and two other people, and I was the only artist who got back to him. I thought he could sing. And the song [in the post], he had written himself. I had just started my publishing company, so I was like, ‘I wanna give this guy a chance.’"^[2]

Content

In an interview with The Nashville Soundbite , Brown pointed the song covered a relationship about "where you makeup and you break up, and you just keep running into each other, and then something about that spark in the relationship gets y’all back together and may fall apart again."^[3]

Music video

The music video was released on August 20, 2021, and directed by Alex Alvga. It includes actor Ross Butler.^[4] The video features as "the story of a lovestruck pair, with Brown appearing against dramatic staging in a rural setting."^[5]

Live performance

On August 24, 2021, Brown performed the song at Jimmy Kimmel Live!.^[6]

Charts

Weekly charts

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Peak position
Australia Country Hot 50 (TMN)[7]	7

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "One Mississippi"! Chart (2021)! Position

US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8]	82

Chart (2022)! scope="col"

Position
US Billboard Hot 100[9]	99
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[10]	29
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[11]	40

Release history

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Date	Format	Label
Various	August 20, 2021		RCA Nashville	[12]
United States	August 23, 2021	Country radio		[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kane Brown Counts Down to Heartbreak in 'One Mississippi' Video. Sounds like Nashville. Parton. Chris. August 20, 2021. September 26, 2021.
2. Web site: Kane Brown’s ‘One Mississippi’ is a Jam, With a Big-Hearted Success Story Behind It. Country Now. Liptak. Carena. August 20, 2021. September 26, 2021.
3. Web site: Kane Brown On His New Song "One Mississippi" August 2021. YouTube. August 17, 2021. September 26, 2021.
4. Web site: Kane Brown Just Dropped His New Single And Music Video: 'One Mississippi'. KIIS-FM. Fisher. Kelly. August 20, 2021. September 26, 2021.
5. Web site: CMT Premiere: Kane Brown’s “One Mississippi” Is A Freewheeling, Summertime Love Affair. https://web.archive.org/web/20210820140547/http://www.cmt.com/news/1837247/kane-browns-one-mississippi-is-a-freewheeling-summertime-love-affair/. dead. August 20, 2021. CMT. K. Dowling. Marcus. August 20, 2021. September 26, 2021.
6. Web site: Kane Brown Brings 'One Mississippi's Carnival to His 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Performance: Watch. Billboard. Nicholson. Jessica. August 25, 2021. September 26, 2021.
7. Web site: Country Hot 50: Issue 1369. The Music Network. November 27, 2021.
8. Web site: Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2021. Billboard. December 2, 2021.
9. Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2022. Billboard. December 2, 2022.
10. Web site: Country Airplay – Year-End 2022. Billboard. December 2, 2022.
11. Web site: Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2022. Billboard. December 2, 2022.
12. Web site: One Mississippi - Single by Kane Brown. Apple Music. September 26, 2021.
13. Web site: Future Releases for Country Radio Stations. All Access. September 26, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210817000240/https://www.allaccess.com/country/future-releases. August 17, 2021.