"Gunnin'" is the fifth single by Canadian pop punk band Hedley off their debut self-titled album. The song was also included on the American release version of '' Never Too Late''. The song was written by the members of the band and by Dave Genn. The single also topped Canada's MuchMusic Countdown in 2006.

Background

The music video for "Gunnin'" was directed by

Kevin De Freitas Kevin De Freitas is a Canadian filmmaker. Career De Freitas has worked with Universal, BMG, Columbia Records, Def Jam, Sony, EMI, VP Records, Boost Mobile, ACLC Advertising, and The Hershey Company. He directed the Canadian series of 30 and 60 sec ...

and Chris Sargent and released in 2006. In 2007, the song won "Best Pop Video" at the

MMVAs The iHeartRadio MMVAs were an annual awards show broadcast on Much to honour the year's best music videos that was last held in 2018. Originally debuting in 1990 as the Canadian Music Video Awards, the awards were renamed in 1995 to the MuchMu ...

. "Gunnin'" reached number one on Canada's MuchMusic Countdown in the week of December 1, 2006.

Commercial performance

"Gunnin'" reached number 27 on the ''Billboard''

Canada CHR/Top 40 The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in ''Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, pr ...

. The song peaked at number 31 on ''Billboard''

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Awards and nominations

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for "Gunnin'" adapted from

AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...

. ;Hedley *

Jacob Hoggard Jacob William Hoggard (born July 9, 1984) is a Canadian convicted sex offender and former singer-songwriter who was the lead singer for the pop-rock band Hedley. Before Hedley was formed, Hoggard competed on the second season of ''Canadian Ido ...

– lead vocals *

Dave Rosin Dave Cameron Rosin (born July 28, 1981) is a Canadian guitarist and singer. Rosin was the lead guitarist of the rock band Hedley. Career Dave Cameron Rosin was part of a band named ''Day Theory'' in 2003. Rosin, Tommy Mac and Chris Crippin were ...

– guitar * Tommy Mac – bass guitar ;Additional musicians * Peter Barone - drums *

Dave Genn David Robert Madison Genn is a Canadian musician, producer, and songwriter. He is a member of the rock group 54-40, and a former member of the Matthew Good Band. Early life Genn was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on 2 March 1969. He is the ...

– guitar * Ben Kaplan - guitar * Brooks McKenna - guitar ;Production * Josh Bluman - assistant engineer * Mike Cashin – mixing assistant *

Chris Crippin Chris Crippin (born August 4, 1974) is a Canadian musician. He is best known as the former drummer of the rock band Hedley. Crippin departed the band in 2017. Outside of Hedley, he was the drum technician on the 2000 album '' Drawing Black Lines ...

- composer * Mike Fraser – mixing *

GGGarth Garth "GGGarth" Richardson is a Canadian record producer and music engineer. He is the son of music producer Jack Richardson (Alice Cooper, The Guess Who, Badfinger, Poco), a pioneer of the music recording industry in the 1960s and 1970s. Gart ...

– producer * Ben Kaplan - programming * Dean Maher - engineer * James Morin - assistant engineer * Shawn Penner - assistant engineer * Kano Yajima - assistant engineer

Charts

References

{{Hedley 2006 songs Hedley (band) songs Songs written by Jacob Hoggard