"Vice" is a song recorded by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
artist
Miranda Lambert
Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country singer and guitarist. Born in Longview, Texas, she started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place o ...
. It was released to radio on July 18, 2016, as the lead single from Lambert's sixth studio album ''
The Weight of These Wings
''The Weight of These Wings'' is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. It was released on November 18, 2016, via RCA Records Nashville. The album consists of two discs, with Disc 1 titled ''The Nerve'', and Disc ...
'' (2016). The song was written by Lambert,
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
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 ...
. "Vice" debuted at number two on the
Hot Country Songs
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...
chart in August 2016. "Vice" was ranked at number 31 on ''
Rolling Stone
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''s "50 Best Songs of 2016" list.
Commercial performance
In the United States, "Vice" had an opening week sales of 64,000 copies and 14.6 million audience impression, prompting it to debut at number 2 on the
Hot Country Songs
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...
chart, becoming her highest debuting single on that chart, beating the number five debut of "
Somethin' Bad
"Somethin' Bad" is a song recorded as a duet by American country music artists Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood. The song was written by Chris DeStefano, Brett James and Priscilla Renea. It was released as the second single from Lambert's fif ...
." It also debuted at number 18 on the
Country Airplay
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This chart lists the 60 most-listened-to records played on 150 mainstream country radio stations across the country as monitored ...
chart, beating the number 26 debut of "
Automatic" as her highest debut on that chart. Concurrently, it debuted at number 47 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100. It ultimately went on to peak at number 11 on the Country Airplay chart.
In Canada, the song debuted at number 35 on
Canada Country
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chart and reached a peak of number 4 and debuted at number 99 on the
Canadian Hot 100
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and peaked at number 78.
As of March 2017, the song has sold 508,000 copies in the United States.
Music video
The music video was directed by
Trey Fanjoy
Trey Fanjoy is an American music video director. Fanjoy has directed over 150 major label music videos. Her videos have appeared on CMT, VH1, GAC, The Nashville Network, CMT Canada, and MTV. She is the first woman to win the Country Music Asso ...
and premiered in September 2016. The video begins surveying a wrecked car which Lambert eventually stumbles out of. She is then shown walking down a country road away from the accident and eventually comes to a small town where she stops in a bar for a drink. She then continues to walk until she comes to a crossroads, where a car similar to the one from the beginning of the video pulls up without a driver behind the wheel. She gets into the backseat of the car and the video ends with it driving away.
Accolades
Charts
Weekly charts
Year end charts
Certifications
References
{{Miranda Lambert singles
2016 songs
2016 singles
Miranda Lambert songs
RCA Records Nashville singles
Songs written by Miranda Lambert
Songs written by Josh Osborne
Songs written by Shane McAnally
Song recordings produced by Frank Liddell
Music videos directed by Trey Fanjoy