Chad Gray (Mudvayne, Hellyeah) has officially released his previously teased new song titled “Always On My Mind” — stream it below.
The track was produced with Kevin Churko at the Hideout Recording Studio in Las Vegas, exclusively marketed and distributed by ONErpm, and was originally made famous by Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson and others. Footage used for the video features clips from Gray’s wedding to Shannon Gunz (SiriusXM). For more on Chad’s solo career, head over to chadnesss.com.
Chad comments:
Planning a wedding is grueling — from flowers to location to picking the music. We initially chose ‘Dream On’ for our first dance song. Now I’m not sure how or why I landed on ‘Always on my Mind.’ I’m assuming I heard it in passing and it stuck. I just remember, late one night, thinking about it and going online to search the lyrics and listen to the track. As it was playing, the lyrics were so emotional and compelling that it actually moved me.
So I reached out to my producer and very good friend Kevin Churko and asked if he would do a cover with me. He responded, ‘What song?’ I told him and he was like, ‘WHOA! Okay.’ So he reached out to the keyboard player for Ozzy, who is obviously not doing anything in this shit time we’re living in, and sent us three different takes and flavors of the song.
We landed on one and started tracking it vocally. It was super cool when I started it, because I realized that this was such a different way of singing. No one has ever heard me doing anything like this. This was done for my wedding, but I thought, ‘Should I release this song to the public?’ I always talk about how I look at my fans as more than fans. They’re family, and I wanted to share this moment with them.
Stream “Always On My Mind”:
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