RANDY TRAVIS’ “FOOL’S LOVE AFFAIR” SURPASSES 1 MILLION STREAMS IN ONE WEEK, GOES VIRAL ON TIKTOK
(Country Music Icon Featured By NBC’s Today, Bobby Bones And The New York Times
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 6, 2020) — Last week, country music icon Randy Travis released his first single since his stroke in 2013. “Fool’s Love Affair,” a never before heard song, quickly garnered attention from some of the biggest media outlets including Billboard, The New York Times and Rolling Stone as well as reaching over 1 million streams on digital platforms. Travis and his wife Mary also appeared on NBC’s TODAY with Hoda and Jenna this morning. Download and stream the song here. This week, the music legend joined the viral app TikTok and has four million views on his first video in less than two days.
The New York Times describes “Fool’s Love Affair” as “a reassuringly sturdy jolt of traditionalism.”
Well-known morning show host Bobby Bones highlighted the song in last week’s Bobbycast.
Taste of Country described Randy as “the epitome of what country music should sound like.”
“This, my friends, is what Real Country Music sounds like.” – Robert K. Oermann, Music Row Magazine
Billboard says, “the tone is rich and reedy, the delivery is steady and understated, and the emotion is convincingly resigned.”
The Tennessean called the song “a classic ballad tinged with steel guitar and carried by the warm croon that sold millions of albums and helped shape a generation of country stars to come.”
“Fool’s Love Affair” not only is the first new Randy Travis music in years, but it also marked the 35th Anniversary of his first radio single “On The Other Hand.” Originally recorded as a demo, the song sat in storage until one of the writers, Charlie Monk (who wrote the song with Milton Brown and Keith Stegall) rediscovered it and sent it to Travis and his longtime producer Kyle Lehning. This release was long awaited by country music fans and artists who credit him as musical inspiration. In addition, country radio across the country and around the world truly embraced the song, featuring it on release day along with commentary on Randy Travis’ impact on the genre.
About Randy Travis
With lifetime sales in excess of 25 million, Randy Travis is one of the biggest multi-genre record sellers of all time and a recent inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame class of 2016. His honors include seven Grammy Awards, 11 Academy of Country Music statuettes, 10 American Music Awards, two People’s Choice awards, seven Music City News awards, eight Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association and five Country Music Association honors. In addition, three of his performances earned CMA Song of the Year honors: “On the Other Hand” (1986), “Forever and Ever Amen” (1987) and “Three Wooden Crosses” (2002). To date, he has 22 No. 1 singles, 31 Top-10 smashes and more than 40 appearances in feature films and television shows to his credit. Four of his albums are Gold Records. Four are Platinum. One has gone Double Platinum. One is Triple Platinum and another is Quintuple Platinum. In 2004, Randy was honored with his own star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is honored on the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, TN. He has been a member of the cast of the Grand Ole Opry since 1986. In 2017, Randy was honored with a wax figure at Madame Tussauds™ Nashville. Since his near fatal stroke in 2013, with the help of his wife Mary and rigorous physical therapy, Randy continues to make improvements in his speaking, walking, and yes, singing. With the help of author Ken Abraham, he released his critically-acclaimed memoir in 2019, Forever and Ever, Amen. For more information please visit RandyTravis.com.
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