"Blame" is a song recorded by Canadian
country music duo
Autumn Hill
Autumn Hill was a Canadian country music duo composed of Mike Robins (from Toronto, Ontario) and Tareya Green (from Calgary, Alberta).
History
Green studied multi-media at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary, Alberta and was dev ...
for their second studio album, ''
Anchor'' (2015). It was released to digital retailers through Wax Records as the album's
lead single on March 3, 2015, and officially impacted Canadian country radio on April 23, 2015.
"Blame" debuted at number 49 on the
''Billboard'' Canada Country airplay chart, and has since become the group's first top-five hit.
Background and composition
"Blame" is a
country song written by Dave Thomson, Stephanie Chapman, and Christian Rada. Its instrumentation features
guitar and
banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...
, with a
syncopated
In music, syncopation is a variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of music, making part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat. More simply, syncopation is "a disturbance or interruption of the regular flow of rhythm": a "place ...
vocal arrangement. The song incorporates elements of
pop music in its production. Its lyrics discuss the destructive effects that laying blame can have on a relationship.
One of the last songs chosen for the album, "Blame" was recorded in
Nashville, TN in November 2014. The duo debuted the song during their 2014-15 Shake It If Ya Got It tour with
Kira Isabella. They promoted the single through their social media accounts in January and February 2015 using the
hashtag
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s "#AH2" and "#Blame" before announcing the release date on February 26, 2015. The song was officially released to digital retailers on March 3, 2015.
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Music video
A lyric video for the song premiered March 3, 2015 on the group's official YouTube channel. It was selected as the "Pick of the Week" by Canadian country music blog ''Top Country''. The official music video, directed by Aaron A, was filmed in February 2015 and premiered March 27, 2015 exclusively through CMT Canada. It was uploaded to the group's YouTube channel on April 6, 2015.
Chart performance
Release history
References
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2014 songs
2015 singles
Autumn Hill songs
Country ballads