Darius Rucker will drop his fifth country album, When Was the Last Time, on Oct. 20.
The 12-song offering already boasts a No. 1 hit, as lead single, âIf I Told You,â reached the top of the Billboard Country Airplay chart in June. The albumâs follow-up single, âFor the First Time,â is No. 45 on the chart after seven weeks.
In addition to featuring top songwriters such as Dean Dillon, Ross Copperman, Shane McAnally, J.T. Harding and more, When Was the Last Time also throws it back to the late â80s with a cover of Drivinâ Nâ Cryinâs âStraight to Hell.â
Darius enlisted the help of a few of his A-list friendsâLuke Bryan, Jason Aldean and Lady Antebellumâs Charles Kelleyâto provide vocals on the tune.
ââStraight to Hellâ was huge in my dayâwhen it was played in the bar, every single person in the bar was singing and hugging their best friend,â says Darius to Nash Country Daily. âIâve wanted to cut that song since I came to Nashville, and I kept saying I was going to cut it someday. For this record, I was thinking about cutting it. Then Charles Kelley called me out of the blue and says, âMan, I was just listening to Drivinâ Nâ Cryinâs âStraight to Hellâ and I think you should cut it, and you should let me sing on it.â I took that as the universe telling me it was time to cut the song, and I cut it. Jason [Aldean] and Luke [Bryan] and Charles and I are good buddies, so getting them to come sing on it made it something special.â

When Was the Last Time Track List and Songwriters
- âFor the First Timeâ (Darius Rucker, Derek George, Scooter Carusoe)
- âBring It Onâ (Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley, Dallas Davidson)
- âLifeâs Too Shortâ (Copperman, Jon Nite, Jaren Johnston)
- âIf I Told Youâ (Copperman, Shane McAnally, Nite)
- âDonâtâ (Adam Doleac, A.J. Babcock, Pete Good)
- âTwenty Somethingâ (McAnally, Nite, Zach Crowell, Josh Osborne)
- âStraight to Hellâ with Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Charles Kelley (Kevin Kinney)
- âCount the Beersâ (Rucker, Dean Dillon, Josh Thompson)
- âAnother Night With Youâ (Rucker, Dillon, Josh Thompson)
- âHands On Meâ (Copperman, McAnally, J.T. Harding)
- âSheâ (Chris Tompkins, Rodney Clawson)
- âStory to Tellâ (Copperman, Gorley, Rucker)
Check out âStraight to Hellâ by Drivinâ Nâ Cryinâ below.