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  GEORGE BIRGE - It Won't Be Long - RECORDS Nashville

Following a career-altering year in 2024, George Birge is looking to take the next step toward country music stardom with his first single release of 2025.  “It Won’t Be For Long” is available now, both digitally and on all streaming platforms, via Records Nashville.

Written by Birge with Joe Fox, Chase McGill, and Trannie Anderson, “It Won’t Be Long” lands like a heartfelt ode to blessings big and small, informed by wisdom of the ages. With poignant lyrics about the stop-you-in-your-tracks moments of a simple but meaningful life, he traces a path toward real appreciation – one which leads across true love, challenges, and the surprises you never saw coming.

This is a musically conceptionally beautiful song from start to finish, as a delicate piano melody helps convey the sense of awestruck sincerity, with Birge’s smoldering vocal dialed down to a tender croon.  Inspiring steel guitar interludes and orchestral undertones sweep across a soul feeding country-pop soundscape to complete the three plus minutes of modern country delight.

“It might be crazy

It might be sweet

Might not be perfect

And it might be the last thing

That you ever saw coming

But it gets a little better when it’s spinnin’ round something

So buy the drink, steal the kiss

Make the trip, take the risk

Love hard as you can and just hold on

Cause life might be a lot of things

But it won’ be for long”

Still so early in his career yet recognized and respected for his relatable lyrics and smooth and wistful melodies, Birge’s songwriting talents are on full display from start to finish with another track that adds to his increasingly impressive music catalogue. 

Birge hit #1 at country radio with “Cowboy Songs,” after reigning the charts with his debut #1, “Mind On You,” which landed on the Billboard all-genre Hot 100 list and is from his debut album, ‘George Birge: Mind On You’. Boasting over 125 million global streams across his catalog, he was named Billboard’s Country Rookie of the Month for January 2024 and one of Nashville Lifestyles’ “Artists You Need To Know.” 

Having previously shared the stage with the likes of Gary Allan, Luke Bryan, Brantley Gilbert, Sam Hunt, Parker McCollum, Scotty McCreery, and Jake Owen, among others, Birge is set to support Dylan Scott in 2025.

(Review Written By: Chad Carlson)

 

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