Adkins’ “You’re Gonna Miss This” Almost Didn’t Happen

Adkins’ “You’re Gonna Miss This” Almost Didn’t Happen

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Trace Adkins had two nominations at last night’s CMT Music Awards for the video to “You’re Gonna Miss This,” his three week No. 1 hit single. The song was included as a bonus track on Trace’s Greatest Hits album, and he admits that the video, and even the single, almost didn’t happen. Trace recently explained “The song was just a bonus track on a greatest-hits album. It was never intended to be a single. So when we put it out as a single the folks at the record label – actually, I probably shouldn’t even tell this, but it’s true – they said `It’s not normally our policy to pay to make a video on the second song off a greatest-hits album.’ I said, `Well, I think the song needs a video,’ so we did it and the budget was incredibly low. We went back to my hometown and everybody in the video is somebody I know, a friend of mine. Everybody in the video lives in my hometown of Serepta, La. We went back there and went to my aunt’s little diner and shot some stuff there. The whole thing was done in my hometown for like $147,” he joked.

The low-budget video clearly struck a chord with fans making it one of the best videos of the year and earning nominations in the ‘Male Video of the Year’ and ‘Video of the Year’ categories. Although Trace didn’t take home either award, he delivered a great performance of the song on the live television broadcast.