Ashley McBryde’s “One Night Standards” Goes Gold

Ashley McBryde has a knack for writing and performing songs that defy the odds and do surprisingly well in spite of the mainstream radio world dragging their feet, or outright getting in the way. Despite receiving credit for being her breakout single, “A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega” only reached #30 on country radio. Her stunning signature song “Girl Goin’ Nowhere” that had everyone crying like they were cutting onions when she performed on the Grand Ole Opry stalled at #40.
Regardless, people are still listening, and the same goes for her current single “One Night Standards” that despite the pretty somber tone for a summer single, continues to sizzle. Along with currently sitting at #14 on country radio and finding a best of #13 so far, the RIAA has just certified the single Gold. Hopefully this will help springboard her already best-charting single so far into the Top 10, or farther.
“It’s really special to have this song reach an audience this size,” says McBryde. “I grew up listening to albums in addition to flipping through the country radio dial, so some of the biggest songs that influenced my career weren’t the ones you heard on the radio. But that discovery – when the deejay said ‘and that was Mary Chapin Carpenter,’ or ‘that was Terri Clark,’ man, it would send me down a rabbit hole. If you can walk that line, introduce millions of new fans to your music and at the same time give them something to go deeper with on your records, then I think you’re right where you need to be. And right now, I’m very thankful to be here.”
Even without a Top 10 radio single, Ashley McBryde was awarded the 2019 ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year, and has been nominated for three separate Grammy Awards. So success has found her, even if radio is lagging behind. But there is renewed hope for artists like Ashley. Maddie & Tae recently etched a #1 with their song “Die From A Broken Heart,” and other singles from women have been doing well in 2020. Don’t be surprised if “One Night Standards” still has some upside potential on radio before all is said and done.
Ashley McBryde released her latest record Never Will in April, and it included a series of intertwined videos, including the one for “One Night Standards” that now has more than 11 million views.
August 27, 2020 @ 11:45 am
…& in Canada “One Night Standards” is the new #1 on Billboards Country National Airplay Charts…
August 27, 2020 @ 11:56 am
Country radio can’t pay anyone except Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen, and “One Margarita.” Tired of all three.
August 27, 2020 @ 12:17 pm
Agree especially Luke Combs. There are four country terrestrial radio stations in my area and there have been times when three of them are playing him. So over him…
August 27, 2020 @ 2:34 pm
Don’t ever blame an artist for being over played, making people get sick of them and then become resentful. It’s the corporate radio computer playlist makers fault. Don’t listen to terrestrial radio and that won’t happen. I control exactly how many times I hear any song in car or at home. The very few times I turn on the radio on a short trip around town and Luke or Ashley is on I say to myself “good for them” and then I turn it because I always hear that song when I’m playing the album. Any shit song comes on (Wallen and the like) I immediately turn it and say fuck this it’ll never change….lol I’m happy for Ashley I thought it was a good song the day it came out, but never thought mom/daughter combos would take to a song about one night stands. A good song is a good song if radio over plays it that’s on them.
August 27, 2020 @ 12:43 pm
Who’s making you listen?
I got a gf that’s my excuse
what’s yours?
August 27, 2020 @ 4:09 pm
No one is MAKING me listen, but when you have so many artists vying for a position on radio, it is a shame that we have to hear the same song three times within a few hours. We have three country stations where I live and it is the same story. I wish I had a dollar for every time I have heard “Whiskey Glasses,” “Even Though You’re Leaving” and the song by Sam Hunt that starts with the Webb Pierce sample.
BTW, maybe people don’t listen the same way as you or has a girlfriend that has them trained.
August 28, 2020 @ 1:25 pm
Also Ridin’ Roads by Dustin Lynch my runner up most disliked country song (winner being 10,000 Hours by Dan and Shay and Justin Bieber. Hate that song. The worst part about that one was, my top 40 station was playing it also. But thankfully that’s finally gone …)
August 30, 2020 @ 10:34 am
Not about being “trained” tolerating a 3 minute trash song or pissing her off leading into a whole other argument about something else anit worth it unless you are 6 or something.
August 27, 2020 @ 2:41 pm
You’re lucky… At Connecticut radio (92.5) all we get is Old Dominion constantly. I could have sworn that “Most People Do” was a huge hit because they play it all the time… But it only peaked at #28…
Connecticut is very contemporary country. They play a lot of Dustin Lynch and Jason Aldean too. Literally 50% of the time..
August 27, 2020 @ 4:22 pm
The 2 most played Luke Combs songs at Connecticut radio are “One Number Away” & “Hurricane”.. literally the most “bro-ish” tunes in Combs’ discography.
August 27, 2020 @ 1:48 pm
By radio “standards,” this song is more like marriage material than a one nighter. So…great I guess. Yay. Go team.
But to me, even with another half dozen rounds, I still wouldn’t take it home.
August 27, 2020 @ 2:25 pm
Speaking of radio, I’m predicting “Loving on You” to be #1 at radio for 4 weeks.
What gets me angry is that mediocre songs like “Be a Light” and “I Love My Country” will remain # 2 and #3 respectively on the charts for an entire month, just waiting for Combs to lose spins… Why can’t they just peak at #2, #3 respectively ?? I hate that there will be a huge clog within the Top 5 for likely five to six weeks. That’s why it takes some singles nearly a year to gain any traction.
“Be a Light” has been a “sleeper” hit for Thomas Rhett (released back in April)
There’s absolutely no reason why his label needs to push it to #1…. Once it became a top 10.. that should of been it.
August 27, 2020 @ 3:06 pm
I mean not that I’m complaining but once “Be a Light” hits #1, I wonder what Thomas Rhett is going to do because at this point it makes no send releasing a new song from his album. Maybe he’ll take a long vacation and get inspired to never come back. Fingers crossed.
August 27, 2020 @ 3:13 pm
“Notice” could be next single. Months ago he said it was next after Beer Can’t Fix.
August 27, 2020 @ 2:36 pm
Trig,
Have you heard about Tenille Townes and Riley Green winning new Artist Awards at ACMs?? Up against Morgan Wallen and Gabby Barrett is huge!!
Maybe the voters will have common sense this year. Fingers crossed that Jon Pardi wins Album of the year!!
August 28, 2020 @ 6:09 am
Morgan Wallen had a tantrum after not winning Best New Artist last year at the CMAs. When Ashley McBryde won, he went backstage and then went home because he was mad. That was even after Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell both tried talking some sense into him.
A few months ago, when the ACMs did that at-home special on CBS, Morgan Wallen said, “The ACMS are on right now. They didn’t invite me to sing, so that’s why I’m doing this live stream at this time. I guess I’m just a loser.”
He doesn’t appear to be gracious of nominations which could potentially bother some voters.
Very happy that Riley and Tenille won!
August 27, 2020 @ 2:48 pm
Terrestrial radio is so damn dead. There must be metric buttloads of payola behind the scenes. When a halfway decent song breaks through, it’s like hallelujah, praise Jesus, it’s a friggin miracle. Everyone I know streams or has lost interest in music.
August 27, 2020 @ 3:22 pm
It is not great of a song.
It only sounds great because the rest of mainstream country has been dreadful. But it works well enough.
August 28, 2020 @ 6:50 am
I’m a massive Ashley fan and I kind of agree with you. The song is fine, but it’s not as a good in reality and for radio as Hang in There Girl. I’m actually surprised that Ashley’s label made the decision to give Standards the time to slowly climb the charts instead of pulling it when it really wasn’t jumping the charts and go with Hang in There Girl. Now, HITG is wasted as the video has been out for six months and Ashley will struggle to find a radio-friendly second single.
August 27, 2020 @ 8:09 pm
Problematic video, but good song. It reminds me of country music on the eve of bro-country.
On the other hand, I can clearly hear some rap influence in the lyrical timing. I think this foreshadows how the upcoming new traditional era will sound: solidly based on real country, but with some input from rap in the rhythmic style.
August 27, 2020 @ 10:37 pm
I really hate the video also even though I like the song.
The message of the song is, it’s okay to have a one night stand. Which is great.
The video is, motel owner sees her friend’s dad getting a room for a one night stand, snitches on him. Angry daughter shows up and apparently kills her dad’s side girl with a shovel, wherein motel owner helps her load body into trunk of car. WTF?
How the hell does that relate to, “it’s okay to have a one night stand?”
Especially irritating since the motel set is atmospheric and well done, they could have done a really cool video there.
August 28, 2020 @ 1:03 am
I guess it’s totally awesome until the truth comes to light.
The video subject matter is really no more jarring than “Goodbye Earl”.
What I found remarkable is how cherry that Diplomat/Gran Fury/Caravelle is.
August 28, 2020 @ 1:13 am
At least in the case of “Goodbye Earl”, the person who was killed was an abusive husband who evaded a restraining order and brutally beat his wife.
This one is quite different. As Dee said, the setting for the video was a very good choice, but the plot ruins it.
It reminds me of the ending to the video for “Does He Love You” by Reba and Linda Davis, which was an otherwise beautiful song.
August 28, 2020 @ 1:41 am
I suppose the setting would have been better utilized if the lovers had been shown fetching candles and a bottle of pinot out of the Diplomat’s trunk?
IDK, perhaps the incongruity of the plot inversion is Ashley’s way of acknowledging that the song has an element of self delusion.
Digging back a bit further in Ashley’s catalog, do you all really accept JFK and Marilyn Monroe as some sort of romantic ideal?
August 28, 2020 @ 1:54 am
Who is talking about a romantic ideal? Hooking up is fun, period. And it was awesome of Ashley to write a song about that.
And then she screwed it up with the video.
August 28, 2020 @ 1:18 am
The video is incongruous. If the subject of the song was along the lines of, “that man-stealin’ ho better stay away from my dad” then the video would make sense. ????
August 28, 2020 @ 1:54 am
Again, Dee is exactly right. The video plot does not match the reflective nature of the lyrics. If the lyrics represented some type of dark comedy, like Brandy Clark’s “Stripes” or Carrie Underwood’s “Two Black Cadillacs”, then the video would be more appropriate.
August 28, 2020 @ 6:38 am
You see this song way different than I do. I see it as an extremely lonely person who has given up hope for love so resorts to one night stands to not feel so alone, but deep down wishes someone would change her mind. And I dont even like this song that much. But I sure don’t get “one night stands are fun” from this song
August 28, 2020 @ 7:17 am
Yeah, I see it as, “we are both just kinda drunk and horny so you don’t have to pretend it’s something more, I’m not a stupid woman, let’s just fuck.”
I thought that was a refreshing attitude, because society wants us to believe women want love and a relationship with everyone they have sex with and that’s just not true.
August 28, 2020 @ 7:26 am
So, it’s just the country counterpart to Cardi’s WAP? Speaking of incongruity, it’d be difficult to square that with other songs in Ashley’s catalog. I think she’s probably singing a role not her own in some songs, which is common practice in traditional Country.
August 28, 2020 @ 8:36 am
I do think there are parallels to WAP because there are like 1,634,719 raunchy explicit rap songs about sex from male rappers and nobody says boo.
Female rappers do one and everyone loses their minds, like OMG is it possible for women enjoy sex just for the sex part without love and flowers??? Shocker!
Also, how many hundreds of rock songs by male artists about banging groupies are there? So many. Lots of bro country ones too.
But Ashley, nah she has to be desperate and lonely to have a one night stand cause God forbid a woman would want to just party with some cute but definitely-not-husband-material guy she met at the gym. Or a bar during a business trip. Whatever.
August 27, 2020 @ 8:44 pm
love this tune….. it’s like a B side on a 45 we’re not supposed to pay much attention to….. i crank this one a lot in the garage then it’s back to Boston and Gerry Rafferty… but that’s most of country these days…..
August 29, 2020 @ 6:38 am
Great song from a great album.
August 30, 2020 @ 7:50 pm
I like her music. I like this song. But maybe it’s just me and I know it’s early in her career but I get this strange vibe off of her that comes across the same way I’ve always gotten one from Garth Brooks. I like his music too. But there’s something that comes across in a similar manner.
September 5, 2020 @ 5:21 pm
She’s the real deal. Glad to see her growing success.