Luke Bryan’s “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” has been certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A.) for more than two-million downloads. The song, which he co-wrote with pal Dallas Davidson, is a big part of his live shows, even having guys come up on stage and “shake it” for the crowd. “It’s not going to change the world, but people are never going to get tired of hearing it and getting up and dancing and having a big old time to it,” says Luke. “It’s fun to have it go this way and to be a big old fun up tempo song that people are wanting to go dance and make up dance routines and party down and have fun with it. It shows.”

Another one of Luke’s hit singles, “Rain is a Good Thing,” was certified platinum for sales of one-million. He also co-wrote the No. 1 hit with Dallas Davidson, as well. “The song came about strictly from an old saying that me and my co-writer, in college, we’d have something planned and we’d get bummed out by the rain,” he explains. “We’d be like, ‘Well, rain makes corn, corn makes whiskey,’ and we had never even said the ‘frisky’ line. We actually made that up in the writing session.”

Luke is currently playing both hit songs, plus his current single “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye” and more, during his dates on the road with Jason Aldean. Luke will be in Virginia Beach, Darien Center (New York) and Bethel (New York) this weekend.

AUDIO: Luke Bryan talks about the success of “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” – the first single from his platinum album, tailgates & tanlines.

Luke Bryan (Country Girl) OC: …It shows. :59

“That’s the most amazing part out of the business is to get a song idea and to write it and dream it up to become this big fun thing that you pray it’s gonna be. For it to happen that way is such a pleasure. Me and one of my best friends, Dallas Davison wrote it and we kind of felt like it was going to be what it is. I think that the song, I kind of compare it to ‘I Like It, I Love It.’ It’s not going to change the world, but people are never going to get tired of hearing it and getting up and dancing and having a big old time to it. And that’s what the song’s about, I felt like when we recorded it, I felt like it was always going to need to be the first single. And it’s fun to have it go this way and to be a big old fun up tempo song that people are wanting to go dance and make up dance routines and party down and have fun with it, it shows.” 

AUDIO: Luke Bryan explains how he came up with the song, “Rain is a Good Thing.” 

Luke Bryan (Rain) OC: …writing session. :19

“The song came about strictly from an old saying that me and my co-writer, in college, we’d have something planned and we’d get bummed out by the rain. We’d be like, ‘Well, rain makes corn, corn makes whiskey,’ and we had never even said the ‘frisky’ line. We actually made that up in the writing session.”