Side note. Stumbled upon news about Cody Johnson’s album being released today. I ran right over to see if Cody and Carrie’s Duet is on it, and it wasn’t. I found an interview Cody did and was asked why the Carrie Duet wasn’t on the album the response, he gave was this. His Response is below
“I guess I can just go ahead and tell you, it’s on the deluxe edition. The issue is when you’re dealing with an artist of that caliber; you have to be very respectful of their time. You have to be respectful of their tour when they’re releasing an album when they’re releasing a single.”
Cody continued, “Carrie was so gracious to work with. I respect her so much as a vocalist and an artist. I think a lot of newer artists would have got that (duet) and said, ‘Look, I have a duet with Carrie Underwood! Look, look, look!’ I’m very thankful she did it, so I don’t care when it comes out. I know that it’s done. I know that when the timing is right, it will be beautiful.” He added, “I think it’s something that’s gonna be trajectory-altering as a single if it gets to be a single.”
I’ve just tried to be really respectful of Carrie and her camp. So we chose to put it on the later half just to in case for some reason if she calls and says, ‘Hey, it can’t be on there.’ I’m not gonna be mad. We’re just trying to really put the ball on her court.”