"Cruise" is a song recorded by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line.
[3] "Cruise" is the best-selling country digital song of all time in the United States as of January 2014.
[4][needs update] The song is considered the foremost example of the genre of country music termed "bro-country".
A couple of months later, a remix by rapper Nelly was released, and the song then re-entered the top 10.
1 single on that chart at the time, until it was surpassed in 2017 by Sam Hunt's "Body Like a Back Road".
[9] The remix was played at the end of Nelly's music video for "Hey Porsche", and it was included on the deluxe version of Florida Georgia Line's album, This Is How We Roll.
[13] In December 2011, the duo signed a publishing deal with Big Loud Shirt, and recorded "Cruise" that same day.
"[17] Ian Crouch wrote in The New Yorker that musically, the song is "forward-thinking, combining traditional country harmonies and a banjo backing with rock and roll stadium-show guitars and drums", and "has the hint of a dance-music".
To Rosen, it exemplifies the genre of bro-country, "music by and of the tatted, gym-toned, party-hearty young American white dude.
It was filmed outside Nashville, and featured the duo driving and performing against an American flag backdrop at a colorful paint party, and showed shots of women as well as a game of strip poker.
1 since Buck Owens's "Love's Gonna Live Here" (16 weeks between October 1963 and February 1964).
1 in the chart's 69-year history (the previous record was 21 weeks held jointly by three songs, the last of which was Webb Pierce's "In the Jailhouse Now" from February to June 1955).
The song returned to the Hot 100 following the release of the Jason Nevins produced remix with Nelly,[24] reappearing at No.
[25] According to Nielsen SoundScan, the Nelly version of "Cruise" has sold 2.5 million copies as of January 2014.
[4] It was certified 9× Platinum by RIAA on January 29, 2015 (certification includes streaming in addition to downloads since May 2013).