Make You Mine (High Valley song)

"Make You Mine" is a song recorded by Canadian country music group High Valley for their fourth studio album, County Line (2014). It was written by group member Brad Rempel along with Ben Stennis and the record's producer, Seth Mosley, and features Ricky Skaggs.[upper-alpha 1] "Make You Mine" was first released in Canada in December 2014 through Open Road Recordings as the third single off County Line. After High Valley signed to Atlantic Records / Warner Music Nashville in 2015, they re-released the single through that label on February 26, 2016.[2][3] The song serves as the lead single for their debut major-label album, Dear Life (2016).[4][5]

"Make You Mine"
Single by High Valley featuring Ricky Skaggs
from the album County Line and Dear Life
ReleasedDecember 8, 2014 (2014-12-08)
GenreAlternative country[1]
Length3:31
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Seth Mosley
  • Brad Rempel
  • Ben Stennis
Producer(s)Seth Mosley
High Valley singles chronology
"County Line"
(2014)		 "Make You Mine"
(2014)		 "She's with Me"
(2015)
High Valley 2016 singles chronology
"Come on Down"
(2015)		 "Make You Mine"
(2016)		 "Be You"
(2016)
Ricky Skaggs singles chronology
"Forever's Not Long Enough"
(2014)		 "Make You Mine"
(2014)
Music video
"Make You Mine" on YouTube

The song has been the group's most commercially successful, reaching a career-high peak of 58 on the Canadian Hot 100 in addition to becoming a top 5 hit on the Canada Country airplay chart and being certified Gold by Music Canada. It is the group's second entry on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, and is their first on Hot Country Songs.

Critical reception

"Make You Mine" was selected as a critic's pick by Taste of Country and given a positive review by Billy Dukes. "One could argue the picture this duo paints is too familiar," writes Dukes, "But their arrangement makes this an urgent listen. It's fun that touches your soul, and that is very rare on country radio."[1]

Commercial performance

"Make You Mine" was the second most-downloaded song in Canada and the "most active indie", being the independent single with the most combined sales and streaming, for the week of December 8–15, 2014 according to DMDS.[6] The song debuted and peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot Canadian Digital Songs chart dated March 21, 2015.[7] It debuted at number 94 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 on the chart dated February 7, 2015 and reached its peak position of 58 in its seventh week on the chart dated March 21, 2015.[8][9] "Make You Mine" spent 22 weeks on the Canada Country airplay chart and reached a peak position of 5.[10] Music Canada certified the single Gold in April 2016 and Platinum in June 2019.[11]

In the United States, "Make You Mine" debuted at number 59 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart dated March 5, 2016.[12] It entered the top 40 of the chart in its ninth week and has since peaked at number 21 on the chart dated December 3, 2016.[4][13] "Make You Mine" debuted at number 49 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated July 16, 2016 - their first entry on the chart.[14] It has reached a peak position of 21 on that chart. As of March 2017, the song has sold 237,000 copies in the US.[15] "Make You Mine" debuted at number 8 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart dated January 14, 2017.[16] "Make You Mind" was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on June 28, 2018.[17]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Make You Mine" was directed by Kristin Barlowe and premiered January 29, 2015 through CMT Canada.[18]

Track listing

Digital download – single[3]

  1. "Make You Mine" – 3:31

Charts

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[11] Platinum 80,000
United States (RIAA)[17] Gold 237,000[15]

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Country Date Format Label Ref.
Canada December 8, 2014 Country radio Open Road [upper-alpha 2]
Europe December 2, 2015 Digital download Warner Nashville [24][25]
Oceania [26][27]
United States February 26, 2016 [3]
February 29, 2016 Country radio
[28]

Notes
  1. Skaggs is only credited as a featured artist on the initial Canadian release.
  2. Release date inferred from song's debut sales frame falling on week of December 15, 2014 and tendency for labels to release new singles to radio on Mondays.

References
  1. Dukes, Billy (March 22, 2016). "ToC Critic's Pick: High Valley, 'Make You Mine' [Listen]". Taste of Country. Townsquare Media. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. "High Valley Inks Deal With Atlantic Records/Warner Music Nashville". MusicRow. October 8, 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  3. "Make You Mine - High Valley | Release Info". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  4. Stark, Phyllis (May 4, 2016). "High Valley's 'Progressive-Meets-Old-School' Sound Piques Interest of Atlantic/WMN, Spotify". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  5. Black, Lauren Jo (October 3, 2016). "High Valley Announces Debut Album, 'Dear Life'". Sounds Like Nashville. Spin Media. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. "Top Downloads & Most Active Indies – Week of Dec. 15th 2014". DMDS. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  7. "Chart Search". Billboard Hot Canadian Digital Songs for High Valley. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  8. "Canada Singles Top 100 (February 7, 2015)". aCharts.co. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  9. "Canada Singles Top 100 (March 21, 2015)". aCharts.co. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  10. "High Valley Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  11. "Canadian single certifications – High Valley – Make You Mine". Music Canada. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  12. "Billboard Country Update" (PDF). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. February 29, 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  13. "High Valley Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  14. "Billboard Country Update" (PDF). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. July 5, 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  15. Bjorke, Matt (March 22, 2017). "Top 30 Digital Singles Chart: March 22, 2017". Roughstock. Cheri Media.
  16. "High Valley Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  17. "American single certifications – High Valley – Make You Mine". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 11, 2018. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
  18. "High Valley – Make You Mine CMT Canada Video Premiere". Open Road Recordings. January 29, 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  19. "High Valley – Chart history". Canadian Hot 100 for High Valley. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  20. "High Valley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  21. "Billboard Canada Top 50 Country Airplay Tunes of 2015". Music Canada via Nielsen N.V. December 24, 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  22. "Hot Country Songs - Year End 2016". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  23. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  24. "Make You Mine - Single by High Valley". iTunes Store (UK). Apple Inc. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  25. "Make You Mine - Single de High Valley". iTunes Store (France). Apple Inc. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  26. "Make You Mine - Single by High Valley". iTunes Store (Australia). Apple Inc. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  27. "Make You Mine - Single de High Valley". iTunes Store (New Zealand). Apple Inc. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  28. "High Valley – Make You Mine (Radio Edit)". Play MPE. Archived from the original on October 16, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
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