Trivia / Dierks Bentley

• Executive Meddling: "Bourbon in Kentucky", the lead single to Riser, was DOA on the charts supposedly because radio programmers weren't interested in playing a moody ballad in the summer.
• Follow-Up Failure: A few times in his career:
  • His #1 debut smash "What Was I Thinkin'" was followed by "My Last Name", which for many years remained his only single not to reach the Country Top 10 or enter the Hot 100 at all...
  • ...until the singles from Up on the Ridge, which faltered at #21 and #33 on country.
  • Double-subverted with the singles from Riser. Original lead single "Bourbon in Kentucky" was pulled after only a few weeks due to resistance by radio programmers, but the next three singles all hit #1... only for the final single, the title track, to stall at #24.
  • The first three singles to Black all hit Top 5, but closing single "What the Hell Did I Say" became his lowest peaking single ever, at #46.