Keep Me in Mind (Zac Brown Band song)

"Keep Me in Mind"
Single by Zac Brown Band
from the album You Get What You Give
Released	August 22, 2011 (2011-08-22)
Genre	Country Jam band [1]
Length	3:34
Label	Atlantic Bigger Picture Music Group Southern Ground
Songwriter(s)	Zac Brown Wyatt Durrette Nic Cowan
Producer(s)	Zac Brown Keith Stegall[2]
Zac Brown Band singles chronology
"Knee Deep" (2011) "Keep Me in Mind" (2011) "No Hurry" (2012)

"Keep Me in Mind" is a song recorded by American country music group Zac Brown Band. It was released in August 2011 as the fourth single from the Zac Brown Band's second major-label album, 2010's You Get What You Give. The song was written by lead singer Zac Brown, along with Wyatt Durrette and Nic Cowan.

Composition

The main riff, which is repeated throughout the entire first verse.

In the song, the narrator asks that another woman "keep [him] in mind" should she be dissatisfied with her lover. The song is in the key of F-sharp major, with the guitars in E-flat tuning. During the entire first verse, a two-measure guitar riff is repeated. The chorus follows the pattern B-F♯-B-F♯-D♯m-B-C♯-F♯ before the tempo slows on the bridge. During this part of the song, piano and a string section are heard, following the pattern D♯m-F♯-D♯m-B-F♯ twice before returning to the original tempo and repeating the chorus.^[3]

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song four and a half stars out of five, calling it "fun" and "funky" while adding that the only negative thing that can be said is that it's "more jam band than straight-up country music."^[1] Marc Erickson of Roughstock also described the song "jam-band like" and "great sounding", giving it four stars out of five.^[4] Dan Milliken of Country Universe gave the song a B− grade, saying that the song "offers some cool musical changes to pad out its slight theme [but] the band moves through everything so smoothly that that padding also starts to seem slight." He goes on to say that "even when they transition into a Luther Vandross–R&B groove – audacious on paper – they do it with so little drama that you hardly notice it."^[5]

Music video

The music video, directed by Fenton Williams, premiered on CMT during their Big New Music Weekend on October 14, 2011.^[6] It was filmed during a live performance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, Colorado. It shows the group on their tour bus, in concert, and shots of the red rocks. It also uses a live version of the song.

Chart performance

"Keep Me in Mind" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of September 3, 2011.^[7]

Weekly charts

Chart (2011–2012)	Peak position
Canada Country (Billboard)[8]	1
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[9]	64
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10]	1
US Billboard Hot 100[11]	35

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[12]	72

Chart (2012)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[13]	38

Decade-end charts

Chart (2010–2019)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[14]	27

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[15]	Platinum	1,000,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Dukes, Billy (August 31, 2011). "Zac Brown Band, 'Keep Me in Mind' – Song Review". Taste of Country. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
2. You Get What You Give (CD booklet). Zac Brown Band. Southern Ground Records/Atlantic Records. 2010. 524722-2.
3. ""Keep Me in Mind" sheet music". MusicNotes.com. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
4. Erickson, Marc (October 3, 2011). "Single Review: Zac Brown Band – "Keep Me In Mind"". Roughstock. Archived from the original on October 10, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
5. Milliken, Dan (November 30, 2011). "Single Review: Zac Brown Band, "Keep Me in Mind"". Country Universe. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
6. "CMT Big New Music Weekend Begins Friday". Country Music Television. October 11, 2011. Archived from the original on November 9, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
7. Morris, Edward (August 27, 2011). "Luke Bryan Holds Album Summit for Second Week". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on February 21, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
8. "Zac Brown Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
9. "Zac Brown Band Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
10. "Zac Brown Band Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
11. "Zac Brown Band Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
12. "Best of 2011: Country Songs". Billboard. 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
13. "Best of 2012: Country Songs". Billboard. 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
14. "Decade-End Charts: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
15. "American single certifications – Zac Brown Band – Keep Me in Mind". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 16, 2017.