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Tim McGraw: How ‘Undivided’ Changed His ‘Here On Earth’ Promotional Plans

When Tim McGraw first heard Tyler Hubbard’s song “Undivided,” it changed his plans for promoting his latest album. Tim had only released one song from his Here On Earth album,…

Tim McGraw Changed His Plans For 'Undivided'
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When Tim McGraw first heard Tyler Hubbard's song "Undivided," it changed his plans for promoting his latest album.

Tim had only released one song from his Here On Earth album, and he already had a second song lined up and ready to release off the album. Then he heard "Undivided." He recorded it as a single-only release, bumping back plans to release a second single from Here On Earth.

He said, “Sometimes a song like ‘Undivided’ just shows up, and it’s timely and needs to be done in the moment no matter what else is goin’ on. And when Tyler sent this demo to me, I knew that it was a song that we needed to record and put out.”

McGraw explains that he felt the urgency to release “Undivided,” "Because it says so much and means so much, and I hope that this song does to you what it did to me when I first heard it.”

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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.