Brett Young closes his latest album, Across the Sheets, with a Tim McGraw cover.
That song is “Don’t Take the Girl,” a McGraw classic from 1994 that came out when Young was about 13 years old and inspired him to pursue a career in country music. With history like that, McGraw’s thoughts on his cover performance meant a lot to the younger star — and fortunately, Young’s “Don’t Take the Girl” got a thumbs up.
“We got to send it to Tim when we finished it. Tim said, ‘He sings his butt off. Great work,'” Young tells ET Online. “And that was good for me.”
Young’s also not shy about making it known that he’d love to collaborate with McGraw one day, though the young star says there are no imminent plans to work together on a song or project.
“I think the only way to get that done is to do something that he’s excited about doing with me, so I will strive to either write that song or find that song,” he said.
Hear Brett’s version of ‘Don’t Take The Girl’ here!
