(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Country singer Jason Aldean’s smash hit song Try That In A Small Town, which has been wrongly accused by leftists of being a tribute to right-wing violence, has now topped the charts of America’s most popular songs, Fox News reported.
After debuting last month at No. 2, the song hit the top of the charts in July, putting country songs in the top three spots, followed by Morgan Wallen’s Last Night placing No. 2 and Luke Combs’ Fast Car at 3.
According to a Billboard report, Try That In A Small Town had drawn 30.7 million streams, up 165% over the week of July 21-27.
The song also garnered 8.8 million radio plays, a 21% increase.
The spike in popularity came after leftists across the country decried the song, wildly suggesting that it was an expression of white supremacy, claiming that it condoned lynching and doing everything to censure the song while making Aldean’s life a living nightmare.
In response, the country star noted that he had received threats.
“In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and was subject to the comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests,” Aldean wrote.
“These references are not only meritless, but dangerous,” he added.
Things got so heated that Country Music Television pulled Aldean’s music video from its channel because the song is too conservative.
Aldean also caught flack from within the country music industry—particularly from Sheryl Crow, who accused Aldean of “promoting violence” and claimed that he, who was at the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, should understand better than anyone.
Crow neglected to comment on the hundreds of rap songs that explicitly promote gun violence, along with denigrating women and glorifying drug use.
Aldean responded to the accusations—particularly those that claimed his song was racist pro-lynching.
“There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it, and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage. And while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music, this one goes too far,” he said in a post on Instagram Stories.
