"Sand in My Boots" is a song recorded by American

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singer

Morgan Wallen Morgan Cole Wallen (born May 13, 1993) is an American country singer and songwriter. He competed in the sixth season of ''The Voice'', originally as a member of Usher's team, but later as a member of Adam Levine's team. After being eliminated ...

. It was released to

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on August 23, 2021 as third single from his second studio album '' Dangerous: The Double Album''.

Content

The song was written by

Ashley Gorley Ashley Glenn Gorley (born April 29, 1977) is an American songwriter, publisher, and producer from Danville, Kentucky, who is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Gorley has written 60 number 1 songs and has over 300 songs recorded by artists including ...

Michael Hardy Michael Wilson Hardy (born September 13, 1990), known professionally as Hardy (stylized in all caps), is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has written songs for Florida Georgia Line, Chris Lane, Blake Shelton, Dallas Smith, Thom ...

and

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 ...

. "Sand in My Boots" is a nostalgic ballad about a lost love, describes a worn out cowboy, weathering lost love and fading memories of drinking with that girl who could've been the one.

Critical reception

Billy Duke of website ''

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'' commented "Sand in My Boots" is the best songwriting on the album.

Commercial performance

The song began receiving airplay on

in July 2021. It debuted on

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at number 56 with 699,000 audience impressions in the week ending July 4, and reached number one dated February 26, 2022, becoming Wallen's fifth number one single on that chart.

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Release history

References

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