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It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (G)(WORD)
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It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (D)(WORD)
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (D)(PDF)
THE (D) SONGSHEET IS IN THE SAME KEY AS THE VIDEO! If I lead the song, I'll lead it using the G songsheet. I've jigged some parts of the song to make it better for group singing. Thanks to Brenda McAllister for suggesting this song for BUG!
Brown recorded the demo and offered it to Kenny Chesney, who turned it down. It was then offered to Jackson, who said that he was looking for a song that he could record as a duet with Buffett."
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" was released in June 2003 as the lead single from Jackson's 2003 compilation album Greatest Hits Volume II. It spent eight non-consecutive weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in summer of 2003. In addition, the song hit number 17 on the US Hot 100, making it the biggest pop hit for Jackson and the first top forty hit for Buffett since the 1970s. On November 5, 2003, it also won the Country Music Association (CMA) Award for Vocal Event of the Year. The song became the #3 country song of the decade on Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart.