Hearing Dan + Shay’s Songs On The Radio Will Always Be A Treat To My Ears

When I became a Dan + Shay fan in March, 2014, their debut single “19 You + Me” had fizzled off the country radio chart. Their second single “Show You Off” hit country radio in May, 2014, and once my local country stations B-93.7 FM and Thunder 107.3 FM added the song to their playlists later that year, I would get very excited every time the upbeat song came on! If it came on when I was doing something, I would always stop and focus my attention on listening to the song until it was finished! This song eventually fizzled out too. 

However when Dan + Shay announced that their fans had spoken that “Nothin’ Like You” would be their third single in early February, 2025, I was extra excited. I was super motivated and worked hard to get my local country stations to add and then play my favorite song off the duo’s debut album! I requested this song like crazy and it all paid off when the duo was rewarded with their first number one single at country radio in December, 2015! I would get excited, freak out, and smile every time this song came on the radio! I remember feeling very emotional the first time I heard “Nothin’ Like You” when it was officially number one on B-93.7 FM.

My excited reactions continued when their forthcoming singles hit country radio, including “From The Ground Up”, “How Not To”, Tequila”, and “Save Me The Trouble”, to name a few of the hit singles. Each time one of their songs came on, it always felt like I was hearing it for the first time! Whenever I got to hear my favorite duo on the radio, I would message my friend Tarin (you might remember my first Saturday Spotlight session with her on May 31!) and tell her that a Dan + Shay song was on the radio! She would quickly tune in and listen with me! Then we would both tag the duo and our local station and say how excited we were to hear their song in a tweet on Twitter (now X)! Dan Smyers would always like our tweets! I really miss those days! I hope we can do this again soon, but on Instagram this time around!

Right now, I do not get to hear their songs very often locally, so occasionally when they do play one of Dan + Shay’s songs, it is a real treat to hear it, whether it is “Save Me The Trouble”, “Tequila”, or “Speechless”.

I am very excited for what is to come for the duo when they release a batch of new music! My excitement to hear this upcoming single on the radio will be through the roof!  I have a feeling this will be coming sooner rather than later, as I have mentioned in my recent posts. My hope is that this new music will really propel them at country radio. I want to see their next single climb the chart to number one and then be a recurrent (a song that stays on the playlist after it hits number one) for years to come. In my humble opinion and from what I have seen through the years of being a fan, Smyers and Shay Mooney truly deserve to be played five to 10 times a day on the radio every day. They work very hard to make the best music possible and they have the best connection with their fans. I hope they start to get the recognition and airplay they deserve once the new batch of music is released!