Dan + Shay Celebrate Meeting 11 Years Ago

Author Lauren Hoffman

December 8th, 2023 1:14 PM

Dan + Shay first met 11 years ago on December 7, 2012. In my opinion, Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney have made such an impact, it’s hard to imagine country music in the 2020’s without them.

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The country duo has released five studio albums to date, including their 2023 release, Bigger Houses. The album features the lead single, “Save Me The Trouble.” Dan + Shay most recently performed the track live at the 57th Annual CMA Awards in November.

Dan + Shay’s accolades over the years include a Grammy award win for Best Country Duo Group Performance for “Tequila.” They have a Billboard Music Awards win for Top Country Duo / Group. And they’ve won a CMA Award for Vocal Duo of the Year, and many more.

In celebration of their 11 years of knowing each other, Dan + Shay posted to social media yesterday.  “We met 11 years ago today. Whether we’re on the road or at home, we always make it a point to get together to celebrate the day that changed our lives. We’re truly so grateful for all the support y’all have shown us over the years and hope our music continues to mean as much to you as it does to us,” Dan + Shay posted on Instagram.

Dan + Shay then posted an acoustic performance of their first original holiday song that they ever recorded together, “Take Me Home For Christmas.” You can watch the singer-songwriters perform the track below.

Smyers commented on the post saying, “Some of the other most requested songs were Bigger Houses, What Took You So Long, Neon Cowgirl, For The Both of Us, Pick Out a Christmas Tree, Officially Christmas, etc.”

Dan + Shay will hit the road in February for their headlining 2024 The Heartbreak On The Map Tour with special guests Ben Rector and Hailey Whitters. Click here for more information

11 Songs That Made Dan + Shay Grammy Darlings

• 11. “Nothin’ Like You” (2015)

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  "Nothin' Like You" is from the duo’s debut album, ‘Where It All Began.’ The guys co-wrote the song and it became their first number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.

• 10. “Good Things” (2021)

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  The fourth single from their fourth album – which was also called ‘Good Things’ (2021). The song looks at the positive side of life and gives some comfort as the world recovers from the 2020 pandemic.

• 9. “19 You + Me” (2013)

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  Released in October 2013, it was Dan + Shay's debut single and was co-written by both of them. It's a great tune that introduced us to these guys. Fun fact: they met at a Nashville party. See, it’s worth going out, you never know who you’ll meet!
• 8.” From the Ground Up” (2016)

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  Inspired by the love shared by the duo member's respective grandparents, the song was written shortly after Dan lost his grandfather and while Shay's was in the hospital. The duo called it "the most special song we've ever written."

• 7. “Glad You Exist” (2021)

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  Dan Smyers told the press that he had the phrase "glad you exist" to be appreciative of his wife Abby Smyers and to be grateful that she is living in the same time as him. He brought it to Shay Mooney, and the two were thinking of ideas, wanting to create a gratitude song about their friends, family, and fans.

• 6. “All to Myself” (2019)

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  The video for the song was released in April 2019. Using the theme of shadows, it shows the duo performing the song in a dark room, while shadows (which are pieces of paper with the song's lyrics cut into them) appear on a wall in the same room.
• 5. “Tequila” (2018)

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  This song made a big impact on Dan + Shay’s career. The song won the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the 61st Grammy Awards as well as both Single and Song of the Year at the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards. It's a great anthem.

• 4. “Speechless” (2018)

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  A great wedding song. The song's video is great too. It features footage from Smyers' and Mooney's 2017 weddings, including the grooms' first looks at their brides, the brides walking down the aisle, and the couples' introductions at their respective receptions.

• 3. “Lying” (2021)

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  The duo’s single from August 2021. It's a great song with a vibe and lyrics to match. In July 2021, Dan + Shay announced the song and its release date along with a teaser video. On the song's chorus, they sing the lines, "I don't miss you in my bed / I don't hear you in my head / I don't love you / I'm not cryin' / And I swear, I'm not lyin.'"
• 2. “I Should Probably Go to Bed” (2020)

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  In my interview about the song with the duo, the duo gushed about how excited they were for this one to come out. Smyers also produced the song and played every instrument on it from his own house. He told me that he had the song's title saved on his phone for months before the conception of the song.

• 1.”10,000 Hours” (with Justin Bieber) (2019)

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  An amazing song and surely a song that will be played at countless weddings for decades to come. The song was named Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the 2021 Grammy Awards. In addition, “10,000 Hours” debuted at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100. It also made history on Billboard's Streaming Songs chart by becoming the highest-charting non-holiday country song in the history of the chart, besting the number nine peak of Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise.”

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Author Lauren Hoffman

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