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Already an emotional cornerstone of recent album Carolyn’s Boy from three-time GRAMMY Award-winner Darius Rucker, standout song “Never Been Over” now arrives as a duet with the captivating vocals of GRAMMY Award-winning entertainment powerhouse Jennifer Nettles adding a new dimension to the emotional ballad. Listen HERE.
 
Penned by Rucker alongside Lee Thomas Miller and Brothers Osborne’s John Osborne, the original release of “Never Been Over” was celebrated by Billboard as a flipped perspective to Rucker’s chart-topping “It Won’t Be Like This For Long,” with the reflective song “looking back on a couple’s love nearly two decades later, chronicling years of emotional zeniths and low points, a duration spent raising kids and building a life together one day at a time”:
 
        We’ve been good and bad, hot and cold
        And fightin’ mad, solid gold
        Been sunny days, straight-line winds
        Been drivin’ slow and guilty as sin
        Been back roads lost and blue lights found
        Dead of quiet, rockstar loud
        Been up and down like we’re built on springs
        We’ve been a lot of things 
 
        But we’ve never been 
        Splittin’ up friends, splittin’ up records
        Puttin’ up walls, burnin’ down letters
        Grass is greener ‘cause there’s something better
        Waitin’ down the line
        We’ve never been a headlights weaving, taillights fadin’
        So long, move on, goodbye waitin’
        Never been one last long look across your shoulder
        We’ve been a lot of things, but we’ve never been over
 
“Writing that was very cathartic,” Rucker shared with Garden andamp; Gun of the song. “It was almost like therapy for me. It’s so honest and one of my favorite songs I’ve ever written.”
 
“Now, to have Jennifer add her incredible voice to such an emotional song, you feel even more of what this couple is facing; unravelling the life they’ve built together,” reflects Rucker. “I’m so grateful she agreed to sing on it with me.”
 
“I’ve wanted to collaborate with Darius for such a long time! And when I heard the song, I loved its story,” adds Nettles. “But in addition to its theme of lifelong love, it feels so perfect for Darius and I to sing it together. Both of our careers have grown and changed so dramatically since we each started out. And, as the hook sings, ‘We’ve been a lot of things, but we’ve never been over.’ This song is a beautiful example and extension of that constant evolution.” 

Currently on the road in Europe for a run of solo shows ahead of this summer’s Hootie andamp; the Blowfish Summer Camp with Trucks Tour, Rucker is also preparing to share his first book with fans, a memoir titled “Life’s Too Short.” Set for release May 28, the memoir sees Rucker share the story of his life through the music that has defined it, offering readers an intimate glimpse into his journey from music enthusiast to music icon. Pre-order HERE.
 
 

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