Dan + Shay Share Impressive Acoustic Cover of Hunter Hayes' Second Single "Wanted"

Three years before I found Dan + Shay’s music on Spotify, I was a massive fan of country music artist Hunter Hayes. His his first two albums (the self-titled debut and  and Storyline) are my favorites, especially the first one. I was very impressed to find out he wrote all of the songs and played all of the instruments on the launching project (He co-produced both albums with Dann Huff.).

I finally got to see him play live for the first time at B-93’s Birthday Bash, my local country radio station’s summer concert festival on June 8, 2013. Hayes' energy was infectious and brought many in the crowd to their feet. I was on my feet dancing singing along to all of his songs!

Fast forward to 2014 when Hunter Hayes invited Dan + Shay to open for him on his We're Not Invisible and Tattoo (Your Name) tours. This was their first time touring in the country music world. Stay tuned for future posts about Dan + Shay's performances on Hayes' tours.

Two years later on August 3, 2016, the duo posted a short acoustic cover of them singing a portion of Hayes' second single "Wanted" on their YouTube channel. The romantic track follows the male lead and what he does to make his female partner feel special. Hearing Shay Mooney's passionate vocals paired with Dan Smyers' beautiful harmonies are as pure as ever as they sing the first verse and dive into the chorus. When both of them join together signing the chorus, I cannot get over how tight their voices are together.

To me, Hayes and Dan + Shay are similar in that they both write the majority of their songs and you can tell that each one came from personal experiences at some point in their lives. Next, Hayes has co-produced all of his albums with Dann Huff while Smyers has produced all of Dan + Shay's albums with Scott Hendricks. Finally, both artists are energetic, genuine entertainers when I have seen them perform in concert.

Below is Dan + Shay's cover of "Wanted"! Enjoy!