The song has become a viral sensation overnight and has also courted controversy
Sally Guyoncourt‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ has debuted at no 1 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, taken the top spot in the iTunes Country chart, racked up 17 million views on YouTube and reached Number One on Apple Music’s Global Music Charts.He has become a viral sensation overnight and his track has also courted controversy.
The 30-year-old, from Farmville, Virginia, dropped out of high school at 17, worked in numerous factory jobs in North Carolina before a head injury at a paper mill forced him to return home to Virginia., “I’m not a good musician, I’m not a very good person.From 2014 until recently, he was working in sales in the industrial manufacturing world.
“I don’t want six tour buses, 15 tractor trailers and a jet. I don’t want to play stadium shows, I don’t want to be in the spotlight.His breakout track reached no 1 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart The track is being seen as an anthem for working-class Americans, referencing pay and conditions Anthony sings “I’ve been sellin’ my soul, workin’ all day, overtime hours for bullshit pay”.
It has been embraced by the right-wing in the US, Fox News host Laura Ingraham referred to it as a “haunting sound and commentary on what’s happened to America’s working class”.
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