Peak
10
Weeks
66
Score
9,386
Chart Year
2023
Oklahoma born and bred singer-songwriter Zach Bryan started uploading his rootsy country music to YouTube in 2017. He released two independent albums while serving in the United States Navy before inking a deal with Warner Records via his Belting Broncos imprint. Released on April 22, 2022, this love-struck song became his first Hot 100 hit when it debuted the following week at #55. The song finds Bryan lamenting a doomed relationship. His lover has left him and the singer desperately misses her. He hopes against hope that this isn't the end, but "somethin' in the orange" tells Bryan she's never coming home. There are two versions of "Something in the Orange." Ryan Hadlock produced and mixed the original at Bear Creek Studio in Washington State, and Bryan recorded the "Z&E" version at Electric Lady Studios in New York City with longtime producer Eddie Spear. "Z&E," which stands for Zach & Eddie, is a stripped-down piano interpretation. Zach Bryan wrote the song while gazing at the sundown. "Everyone thinks it was over some deep, dark thing, and it was just me in a cabin in Wisconsin," he told Apple Music. "I thought about the word 'orange' and I was watching the sunset and I was like, 'Oh, that's a cool story to tell in a song.' You know?"
It'll be fine by dusk light, I'm tellin' you, baby These things eat at your bones and drive your young mind crazy But when you place your head between my collar and jaw I don't know much, but there's no weight at all And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't 'Cause if I say I miss you, I know that you won't But I miss you in the mornings when I see the sun Something in the orange tells me we're not done To you, I'm just a man, to me, you're all I am Where the hell am I supposed to go? I poisoned myself again, something in the orange Tells me you're never comin' home If you leave today, I'll just stare at the way The orange touches all things around The grass, trees and dew, how I just hate you Please turn those headlights around I need to hear you say you've been waitin' all night There's orange dancin' in your eyes from bulb light Your voice only trembles when you try to speak Take me back to us dancin', this wood used to creak To you, I'm just a man, to me, you're all I am Where the hell am I supposed to go? I poisoned myself again, something in the orange Tells me you're never comin' home If you leave today, I'll just stare at the way The orange touches all things around The grass, trees and dew, how I just hate you Please turn those headlights around To you, I'm just a man, to me, you're all I am Where the hell am I supposed to go? I poisoned myself again, something in the orange Tells me you're never comin' home If you leave today, I'll just stare at the way The orange touches all things around The grass, trees and dew, how I just hate you Please turn those headlights around Please turn those headlights around
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 7, 2022 | 55 | 71 |
| 2 | May 14, 2022 | 77 | 49 |
| 3 | May 21, 2022 | 77 | 49 |
| 4 | May 28, 2022 | 75 | 51 |
| 5 | Jun 4, 2022 | 42 | 84 |
| 6 | Jun 11, 2022 | 40 | 86 |
| 7 | Jun 18, 2022 | 37 | 89 |
| 8 | Jun 25, 2022 | 41 | 85 |
| 9 | Jul 2, 2022 | 50 | 76 |
| 10 | Jul 9, 2022 | 39 | 87 |
| 11 | Jul 16, 2022 | 37 | 89 |
| 12 | Jul 23, 2022 | 30 | 96 |
| 13 | Jul 30, 2022 | 33 | 93 |
| 14 | Aug 6, 2022 | 41 | 85 |
| 15 | Aug 13, 2022 | 45 | 81 |
| 16 | Aug 20, 2022 | 42 | 84 |
| 17 | Aug 27, 2022 | 42 | 84 |
| 18 | Sep 3, 2022 | 42 | 84 |
| 19 | Sep 10, 2022 | 42 | 84 |
| 20 | Sep 17, 2022 | 32 | 94 |