Arctic Spas ® is excited to announce that our friend Gord Bamford’s single “When Your Lips Are So Close” has hit #1 on BDS and Mediabase Country Radio Charts. Please see below from www.gordbamford.com:
(November 18th, 2013 – Toronto, ON)- Gord Bamford continues to raise the bar with his first ever #1 Country Radio single for the song “When Your Lips Are So Close”, the debut track from his 6th studio album (his second on Sony Music Canada) Country Junkie. BDS and Mediabase Canada both confirmed the single reaching the top spot on their respective Country Radio charts for the week ending November 17th. Out of the gate “When Your Lips Are So Close”, co-written by Bamford, Byron Hill and Brent Baxter — locked up “the panel in the first week at radio and in doing so became the #1 Most Added Overall at Country radio that week.” It marked the first time in several years that a single debuted so strongly. “When Your Lips are So Close” saw a 525 play count racking up +319 new spins in its second week at radio surpassing Carrie Underwood’s “Cowboy Casanova” which gained 313 spins in 2009. Country Junkie, released on October 8th, 2013 debuted at #1 on the Nielsen Soundscan Country sales chart and #14 on the top 200 overall chart.
Bamford’s previous highest peak position was #6 with “Blame It On That Red Dress” and “Stayed Til’ Two”. “When Your Lips Are So Close” is the 15th Canadian song to reach #1 on the Country chart making Gord Bamford the 7th Canadian artist to have a #1 song on the Country chart in the BDS era. “When Your Lips Are So Close” is the first Canadian song to reach #1 on the Country Radio Chart since April 2012.
In September Gord Bamford dominated the 2013 Canadian Country Music Awards in Edmonton, Alberta taking home 5 awards from his 7 nominations in the following categories: Album of the Year (presented by Walmart), Single of the Year, CMT Video of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Record Producer(s) of the Year.
Bamford is a previous eleven-time CCMA winner. This year’s wins for “Is It Friday Yet” can be added to the 2012 CCMA awards the album garnered Bamford and Hill for Producer(s) of the Year and Songwriter(s) of the Year. To celebrate the success of his Country Junkie release Gord Bamford hit the road for a Canadian Tour with celebrated Country Music superstar Reba McEntire. During his Canadian tour stops with Reba, Gord Bamford took the time to visit Children’s Hospitals across the country where he donated $100 000 from his Gord Bamford Charitable Foundation. Since creating the Gord Bamford Charitable Foundation back in 2008, Bamford has generated nearly $1.5 million thanks to an annual charity golf classic he hosts in Alberta every summer. Those monies have gone to support underprivileged youth and single parent families in Canada by supporting education, health care and music.
Arctic Spas continues to be a proud and enthusiastic supporter and sponsor of this amazing Canadian country music artist – look for the newest Arctic Spa commercial featuring Gord Bamford!
PS – Listen to a cool acoustic version of “When Your Lips Are So Close” here: https://vimeo.com/76735429