Raised Like That - James Johnston - MP3 instrumental karaoke

The country music canon has its fair share of songs about growing up in a small town. For his driving debut 2021 single, "Raised Like That" – which was produced by Justin Wantz – the Australian country troubadour, former Australian Idol contestant and Wingham, New South Wales native James Johnston digs into such familiarly humble ground. "I was raised on a main street where everyone knows your name / Clear skies and late nights, hangin' out at football games / Yeah, lookin' back / I was born and I was raised like that," he states in the opening verse, before moving onto an anthemic chorus: "I was raised up on Friday nights, sneakin' into small-town bars / Raised up on country song, singin' out 'bout broken hearts / Raised up on forty acres at the end of an old dirt track / And I wouldn't be who I am right now if I wasn't raised like that." "Raised Like That" marks a breakthrough from one of Australia's newest country music voices.