You can now download your very own copy of Dierks Bentley‘s “Home” — it’s now available on iTunes! After writing the tune with Brett Beaversand Dan Wilson, Dierks felt the song would be pretty special. Judging by the way the song is charging up the country charts and the effect it is having on the fans, his feelings weren’t off-base. The singer is not trying to change the world, but he does wish the song could bring people together and give them hope for a brighter future. ” I hope in some sense it can bring people together and find more things in common than we don’t, and hope for the people that are going through tough times, that so many people are right now with the economy,” says Dierks. “Just help people feel inspired and look back and look at the country, from just a long term perspective, not just this day, this week, this month, this year, but just the history of this country and all the people that came before us and sacrificed their lives for us.”

“Homes” is the second single from Dierks’ forthcoming album, which is due in February. The lead-off single, “Am I the Only One,” recently topped the country charts. 

AUDIO: Dierks Bentley expresses his hopes for “Home,” the single heading up the country charts.

Dierks Bentley (hopes for Home) OC: …things right. 1:21

“This song is written in a way that is opened-ended as far as what they want to walk away with. I mean, I think it’s obvious it’s a song about our country, about the ups and downs and the scars we have in our past.  But at the end of the day, no matter what side of the fence you’re on, where you stand on certain issues, where you come from, your background, you have to walk through the front door of your house every day, this is our house, this is our home, this is our one country. There’s not another one you can go to. I hope in some sense it can bring people together and find more things in common than we don’t and hope for the people that are going through tough times, that so many people are right now with the economy. There’s certainly still a lot of tough times ahead, and they see that we’ve overcome so much as a country in the past and there’s no reason why we can’t overcome these things again and really be the number one, the best country in the world as far as a place to have these freedoms and to raise your family and to pass something on to the next generation. Just help people feel inspired and look back and look at the country, from just a long term perspective, not just this day, this week, this month, this year, but just the history of this country and all the people that came before us and sacrificed their lives for us. We’re standing on their shoulders and we need to honor that, and I think  the best way to honor that is come together and make things right.”