Come Back as a Country Boy

It was released on October 1, 2021, as the third single from the deluxe version of his twelfth studio album Body Language.

The song was written by Jordan Schmidt, Josh Thompson and Michael Hardy, and produced by Scott Hendricks.

[2] On September 29, 2021, Shelton posted a video on Twitter of a bonfire nearby a lake with the caption: "Oh the sweet sounds of new music coming.

If you can't do it again — if you're lucky enough to come back to life — you'd rather just stay dead.

"[5] Chris Parton of Sounds Like Nashville called the song reminiscent of Shelton's "God's Country" (2019), writing that it "mixes chest-thumping grit with stand-your-ground attitude and a comforting melody that almost feels like a lullaby".