Cody Johnson: Where Is His Duet With Carrie Underwood?
In June, Cody Johnson told us that his upcoming album, Leather, would feature a duet with Carrie Underwood; however, the track listing was just revealed for his album Leather and there is no duet with Carrie on it. He told backstage at CMA Fest, “From the moment I heard the song, and this was six years ago, I wanted to record it, and I wanted to do a duet with Carrie because I heard her voice on it.”
Cody’s label asked if she said no and what other female artist he would want on the song. He recalled, “I said I didn’t want to record it unless I could have Carrie on it.'”
Johnson admitted it’s not that he is a die-hard fan of Underwood, but it just had to be Carrie’s voice on the song. He said, “I love Carrie’s music, but I didn’t have her poster on my wall. But when I heard this song, I heard her voice, and I just knew that it was gonna work out. We had never sung together, so when we got in the room and we started singing together, It was like family harmony. The only way I can describe it is the way I grew up singing with my mom. It just instantly fits, and it meshes.”
Cody concluded, “It’s really interesting to me because my voice and her voice are really drastically different. But put together, they make a very, very unique sound, and I’m excited for it to come out. I’m not sure when it is; we’re kind of holding the Ace card close to the sleeve.”
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The new album, which will be released on November 3, does have collaborations with Jelly Roll and Brooks & Dunn. Johnson told Billboard this week that a deluxe version of the album (featuring another 12 songs) is coming next year. And yes, Johnson says the deluxe project will feature more collaborations, but said, “Those are the ones I can’t mention.”
Leather album track list:
1. “Work Boots” (Jason Afable, Brett Beavers, Canaan Smith)
2. “Double Down” (Jeff Hyde, Adam James, Clint Daniels)
3. “Watching My Old Flame” (Kat Higgins, Wynn Varble, Daniels)
4. “That’s Texas” (Andy Sheridan, Erik Dylan, Wyatt McCubbin)
5. “Dirt Cheap” (Josh Phillips)
6. “Jesus Loves You” (Mark Holman, Chase McGill, Michael Hardy)
7. “Whiskey Bent” (feat. Jelly Roll) (James, Mikey Reaves, Rocky Block)
8. “Leather” (Ian Munsick, Rivers Rutherford, Jeremy Spillman)
9. “People in the Back” (Devin Dawson, Austin Taylor Smith, Mark Trussell)
10. “Long Live Country Music” (feat. Brooks & Dunn) (Phil O’Donnell, Wade Kirby, Trent Willmon)
11. “The Painter” (Higgins, Benjy Davis, Ryan Larkins)
12. “Make Me a Mop” (Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, Alan Shamblin)
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