"Baby, Let's Lay Down and Dance" is a song recorded by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
singer
Garth Brooks
Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American country music singer and songwriter. His integration of pop and rock elements into the country genre has earned him popularity, particularly in the United States with success on the co ...
. It was released as the first single off Brooks' 2016 album, ''
Gunslinger
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''. The single was distributed exclusively via Brooks'
online music store,
GhostTunes
GhostTunes was an online music store and digital library. Founded by American country music singer Garth Brooks, Randy Bernard, and Chris Webb, it launched in September 2014 and featured singles and albums from a variety of artists, including Brook ...
, to users who entered a code from a specially marked bag of
Fritos
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. It was then released to radio and GhostTunes' conventional site.
The song was written by
Kent Blazy,
Steve Dorff
Stephen Hartley Dorff (born April 21, 1949) is an American songwriter and composer whose work is mainly in the field of country music.
Career
Dorff has written several songs for other artists, including "Hypnotize the Moon" and " My Heart Wi ...
,
Victoria Shaw,
Kim Williams and Brooks. Williams died before the song was finished, and as Williams was a longtime collaborator with Brooks, it was important to Brooks to release this song as the album's first single.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Songs about dancing
2016 singles
2016 songs
Garth Brooks songs
Songs written by Kent Blazy
Songs written by Garth Brooks
Songs written by Steve Dorff
Songs written by Victoria Shaw (singer)
Songs written by Kim Williams (songwriter)
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