"Good Together" is a song recorded by Canadian

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James Barker Band The James Barker Band is a Canadian country group formed in Woodville, Ontario, in 2015. The band consists of James Barker, Taylor Abram, Connor Stephen, and Bobby Martin. In Canada, they have four number one country singles with "Chills (James Ba ...

. The song was co-written by the band's frontman James Barker, along with Gavin Slate and Travis Wood. It was the lead single from the band's second extended play '' Singles Only'', and was nominated for "Single of the Year" at the 2019 CCMA Awards.

Background

Barker stated that the band made a "unanimous decision" to release the song after they listened to the demo he recorded when writing the song with frequent collaborators Gavin Slate and Travis Wood.

Critical reception

Nanci Dagg of ''Canadian Beats Media'' referred to the song as a "great dance in your car, foot tapping, let’s just sing-along type of song".

Commercial performance

"Good Together" debuted as the most-added song at Canadian country radio, and the second-most added song at Canadian radio overall. The song reached a peak of number six on ''

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'' Canada Country chart, becoming the band's fifth straight top ten hit to start their career. It was the most-spun Canadian song on Canadian country radio in 2018, a second consecutive year the band claimed that title following "

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". The song has been certified Platinum by

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References

{{authority control 2018 songs 2018 singles James Barker Band songs Universal Music Canada singles Songs written by James Barker (singer) Songs written by Gavin Slate Songs written by Travis Wood (songwriter) Song recordings produced by Todd Clark