"Millionaire" | ||||
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Single by Chris Stapleton | ||||
from the album From A Room: Volume 2 | ||||
Released | April 23, 2018[1] | |||
Studio | RCA Studio A | |||
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Length | 3:30 | |||
Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) | Kevin Welch | |||
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Chris Stapleton singles chronology | ||||
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"Millionaire" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton for his third studio album From A Room: Volume 2 (2017). It was written by Kevin Welch in 2002, [2] and soul singer Solomon Burke included it on his 2006 country music tribute album Nashville.
The song was released as a promotional single of Volume 2 on October 20, 2017, [3] and was released to country radio as the album's first single on April 23, 2018. [1] The song received a nomination for Best Country Solo Performance at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. [4]
"Millionaire" is a mid-tempo soul-influenced heartland rock and country rock ballad driven by acoustic guitar. [5] [6] Lyrically, the song is about "spare love" and appreciating relationship closeness over material wealth. [3] [5] Stapleton sings on the chorus accompanied by his wife and collaborator, Morgane. [3]
The song is composed in the key of B-flat major with a slow tempo. It primarily follows the chord pattern B♭5-F5-E♭add9-B♭5-E♭add9-B♭5. [7] Song was recorded and sung by Chris LeDoux on After the Storm in 2002
Robert Crawford of Rolling Stone said the song "gets a swinging, Heartbreakers-worthy update by Stapleton and company," and considered Morgane's harmonies as "the song's secret weapon" which "trace her husband's melodies at every twist and turn." [5] Ari Shapiro of NPR felt Stapleton's reading of "Millionaire" "has a laidback, Petty-esque jangle and, thanks to the Stapletons' cozy harmonizing throughout, a feeling of equanimity." [8]
The song has sold 250,000 copies in the United States as of April 2018. [9]
On December 4, 2017, Stapleton performed "Millionaire" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and on December 6 on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. [10]
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia ( ARIA) [19] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
United States ( RIAA) [20] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |