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"I Was on a Boat That Day" is a song recorded by American
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. It was released on May 21, 2021 as the lead single from their fourth studio album ''
Time, Tequila & Therapy ''Time, Tequila & Therapy'' is the fourth studio album by American country music band Old Dominion. It was released on October 8, 2021 via Sony Music Nashville's RCA Nashville imprint. Content The five members of Old Dominion (Trevor Rosen, Matthe ...
''. The song was written by each member of Old Dominion,
Shane McAnally Shane McAnally (born October 12, 1974) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. Originally a solo artist for Curb Records in 1999, McAnally charted three singles on Hot Country Songs, including the No. 31 " Are Y ...
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Josh Osborne Josh Osborne (born c. 1980) is an American songwriter with several number-one singles to his credit. Early life Josh Osborne was born in Pike County, Kentucky, and raised in Virgie, Kentucky. Osborne grew up on US 23, renamed Country Music High ...
, and produced by McAnally and Old Dominion.


Composition

I Was on a Boat That Day is in the key of
B major B major (or the key of B) is a major scale based on B. The pitches B, C, D, E, F, G, and A are all part of the B major scale. Its key signature has five sharps. Its relative minor is G-sharp minor, its parallel minor is B minor, and its ...
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Content

"I Was on a Boat That Day" is a summer party anthem with "joyful ad-libs, raucous instrumentation, and ..classically Old Dominion rhythms and rhymes". Lead vocalist Matthew Ramsey said the idea started around six or seven years ago, he told
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: “We were kicking it around for a long time. We’d bring it up and shoot it down I don’t know how many times we decided not to write this song.” In a press release, Ramsey mentioned: "When you listen to 'I Was On a Boat That Day' you are hearing us in the full joy of making music together, from the moment I counted the band off we were smiling from beginning to end. The tequila was flowing, the laughter was loud, and we knew in that moment we were creating something that would bring people as much joy as it was bringing us."


Music video

The music video, directed by Mason Allen, was uploaded on May 21, 2021. Clips show partygoers dancing and smiling, and the band members performing the song on a boat.


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