Chris Young Enjoys First #1

A little black dress rarely fulfills so many fantasies at the same time, but this past week, a song about a certain black dress fulfilled three guys’ dreams of a No. 1 song.
Chris Young and his co-writers, Cory Batten and Kent Blazy, enjoyed that achievement on Nov. 24 at back-to-back parties in Nashville for Young’s recent single, “Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song).”
The celebration started at ASCAP, the performance rights society with Young is affiliated, and then moved on across the street to BMI, Batten's and Blazy's home turf.
"Gettin' You Home" is Young's first No. 1 single, both as a singer and songwriter, and he could barely contain himself when he spoke to the huge group of well-wishers that gathered in ASCAP's reception hall.
"I know I'm talking a long time," Young said, after reeling off a long list of friends and business associates, "but you'll just have to deal with it. I'm so friggin' excited."
In addition to giving Young a plaque, ASCAP also presented him an acoustic guitar to welcome him into its "No. 1 Club."
The singer recalled that when he, Batten and Blazy first sat down to write together, he was the odd man out.
"Cory had just come off his first No. 1 -- 'She Wouldn't Be Gone' -- for Blake Shelton, and Kent's had more No. 1's than God. So I told them, 'Man, one of these days, I'll have my first No. 1 and be in the club.'"
"Country music's in great hands with this guy," Young's producer, James Stroud, said. "He's going to be unstoppable."
BMI's Jody Williams picked up that theme, branding Young "just an amazing talent" and commending the song's three writers for "spreading cheer all over Music Row."
"Gettin' You Home" is from The Man I Want to Be, Young's second album for RCA Records. He co-wrote two other songs on the collection, which includes a duet with Willie Nelson on "Rose in Paradise" and a cover of Tony Joe White's "Rainy Night in Georgia."