MAV3RICK SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK: “One Thing At a Time” -Morgan Wallen

Every week I highlight a new song that I’m liking, and want to get your thoughts to see if you think it’s a hit or a miss. Should we continue to play it on KISSIN’ 977. This week, I feature the guy Jelly Roll says is the new King of Country Music.

Back in 2021 (gee, that seems so long ago), Morgan released the album, Dangerous: The Double Album. There are 30 songs off this album. THIRTY! Most albums have about 12 songs. Seven of the 30 songs were hits. four of them went to number 1. And honestly, more songs off that double album could have been hits as well, and Kissin’ 977 could be playing them as new singles for another year. But Morgan Wallen apparently has a lot more to say. Because already he’s got a third studio new album coming out on March 3rd, called, One Thing At a Time. And on this album, he has 36 songs! THIRTY SIX! 

Now we already know a few of the tracks, because Kissin’ 977 has been playing them for the past year. You Proof. Don’t Think Jesus. Thought You Should Know. And he released a few more songs recently via a sample like, Last Night, Everything I Love, I Wrote the Book, Tennessee Fan, Days That End In Why. And then there’s the title track of the new album, One Thing At a Time. And that’s the song we’re featuring this week as the Mav3rick Spotlight of the Week. 

I went with the title track for a couple reasons. One…because it’s the title track. Second…because it’s different. Like…this could also get played on mainstream top 40, or at least adult top 40 stations like our very own sister station, 995 The Bridge. It’s a bouncy country song that quite a few new country artists are doing. And Morgan Wallen isn’t a stranger to top 40 radio. He’s teamed up with the likes of Lil Durk (Broadway Girls), and Diplo (Heartless). You could say that is a dream album for Morgan Wallen because he’s teaming up with his co-contributor to Flower Shops , ERNEST again, as well as HARDY (they had a duet on HARDY’s Hix-Tape album), and Eric Church. 

With the song, One Thing At a Time, he proves once again that he has more than one style of country music in his tool box of talent. To me it’s like hearing dance/pop icon Lady Gaga doing standards with Tony Bennett and doing country music with Bradley Cooper. In this new Wallen album, you’re gonna hear not just country, but hip-hop, pop, and even alternative. 

I could go on about other tracks I’m so looking forward to hearing, and wondering if his song, Tennessee Fan is his side of the story to Megan Moroney’s tune that we played as the Mav3rick Spotlight of the Week a few weeks back called, Tennessee Orange. If you don’t know, Moroney’s song is about falling in love with Morgan Wallen. 

In the meantime, give One Thing At a Time a listen and let us know, if you think it’s a hit or a miss? You be the judge on the Mav3rick Spotlight of the Week, by Morgan Wallen. Then call me at 509.662.5976, or Tweet us @kissin977, or text a message on the Kissin’ 977 smart phone app. Here’s when you can catch the Mav3rick Spotlight of the Week: 

Mon at 3:40 

Tue at 4:40 

Wed at 5:40 

Thu at 6:40 

Fri at 5:40 

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