Dolly Parton; Cheat Codes.Photo: Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty, Roy Rochlin/Getty
DJ groupCheat Codesis proving they can win at love fair and square, with a little bit of luck and help fromDolly Parton, that is.
The Los Angeles-based trio, comprised of bandmatesKEVI,Trevor DahlandMatthew Russell, released their new single “Bets on Us” Friday, and the track features none other than the country music legend herself.
“I love how ‘Bets on Us’ turned out with the Cheat Codes. When I heard this song, I felt like I could contribute something special,” Parton, 76, said of the collaboration.
As the title suggests, “Bets on Us” is riddled with creative nods to the world of good luck and gambling: “So I’ve got all my bets on us, a sure thing got that feeling in my gut / gambling on this game of love / everyone’s a winner here / I’m counting aces when I hold you, I’m all in if you are too,” Parton sings in the chorus.
Cheat Codes has been teasing their single with its catchy hook, “I’ve got all my bets on us, this kind of love don’t lose,” on their social media, even taking a friendly jab at their manager, who, speaking of bets, seems to have lost one relating to scoring the queen of country for the track.
“Having Dolly on this album is so surreal and a full circle moment for me personally. As someone who grew up in the Midwest my family and I would go to her event in the Great Smokey Mountains,” says Cheat Codes member Russell.
He continues, “Her larger than life photos were everywhere and now having a song with one of the biggest music legends of all time and especially in the county space is incredible.”
Cheat Codes.David Higgs
The additional six tracks already available for listening are “I Remember” featuringRussell Dickerson, “One Night Left” withMacKenzie Porter, “Lose You” featuringJimmie Allen, “How Do You Love” featuring Lee Brice andLindsay Ell, “Never Love You Again” withLittle Big Townand Bryn Christopher and “When You Know” withMatt Stell.
Other country stars rounding out the track list for the album includeMitchell TenpennyandLady A(both songs with whom Cheat Codes teased snippets of along with “Bets on Us” on Instagram)Brett Young,Nate Smith,Maddie & TaeandAdam Doleac.
“Going to the coolest city ever [Nashville] after making one song turned into fourteen and we wanted to make an entire album. We knew it was a different world musically from the one we lived in, but we knew we wanted to be a part of it,” say members Dahl, KEVI and Russell.
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source: people.com
