Thomas Rhett hast two big hits flying up the country charts these days — “Beer Can't Fix” with Jon Pardi and “Be A Light,” which features Reba McEntire, Keith Urban, Hillary Scott from Lady Antebellum, and contemporary Christian singer Chris Tomlin. “Be A Light” was never intended to be a radio single, but rather just a message that needed to be heard by the world during this unsettling time.
Thomas tells us: “I wrote this song last year. I’d had this title written in my phone, ‘in a world full of hate the light,’ and I think it came a little bit from the Bible verse talking about ‘a lamp on a hill should not be hidden’ – just being a light in a dark place. And for some reason I just was looking at Instagram and Twitter and all this stuff, just seeing so much hatred and people commentin’ on people’s stuff, just being super negative, and it drove me nuts. And I think at this point in time, I was like, man instead of like addressing the meanness and the negativity, why don’t we just address for people just to be kind.”
“Be A Light” holds the Number 22 spot on the Mediabase chart this week.
Proceeds from the song benefits MusiCares COVID-19 relief fund.