Gabby Barrett
Gabby Barrett
Gabby Barrett
Gabby Barrett
Gabby Barrett
Gabby Barrett
Gabby Barrett
Gabby Barrett
Gabby Barrett
Gabby Barrett & Shane & Shane
Gabby Barrett
Gabby Barrett
Gabby Barrett & Charlie Puth
“I Hope” is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Gabby Barrett. She released the single independently following her third-place finish on season 16 of American Idol. The song led to her signing a record deal with Warner Music Nashville, and it was officially released in Ju...
[Verse 1]
I, I hope she makes you smile
The way you made me smile on the other end of a phone
In the middle of a highway driving alone
Oh baby, I, I hope you hear a song
That makes you sing along and gets you thinking 'bout her
Then the last several miles turn into a blur, yeah
[Chorus]
I hope you're both feelin' sparks by the end of the drive
I hope you know she's the one by the end of the night
I hope you never ever felt more free
Tell your friends that you're so happy
I hope she comes along and wrecks every one of your plans
I hope you spend your last dime to put a rock on her hand
I hope she's wilder than your wildest dreams
She's everything you're ever gonna need
And then I hope she cheats
Like you did on me
And then I hope she cheats
Like you did on me
[Verse 2]
Yeah, babe, I hope she shows up in a 2 AM pic from her friend
Hanging on to a guy and you just ain't him
I hope you stay up all night all alone, waitin' by the phone
And then she calls
And baby, I, I hope you work it out
Forgive and just about forget
And take her on a first date again
And when you lean in for a kiss
[Chorus]
I hope you're both feelin' sparks by the end of the drive
I hope you know she's the one by the end of the night
I hope you never ever felt more free
Tell your friends that you're so happy
I hope she comes along and wrecks every one of your plans
I hope you spend your last dime to put a rock on her hand
I hope she's wilder than your wildest dreams
She's everything you're ever gonna need
And then I hope she cheats
Like you did on me
And then I hope she cheats
Like you did on me
[Bridge]
I hope what goes comes all the way around
I hope she makes you feel the same way about her
That I feel about you right now
[Chorus]
I hope you're both feelin' sparks by the end of the drive
I hope you know she's the one by the end of the night
I hope you never ever felt more free
Tell your friends that you're so happy
I hope she comes along and wrecks every one of your plans
I hope you spend your last dime to put a rock on her hand
I hope she's wilder than your wildest dreams
She's everything you're ever gonna need
And then I hope she cheats
Like you did on me
And then I hope she cheats
Like you did on me
[Outro]
Like you did on me
I Hope was written by Zach Kale & Jon Nite & Gabby Barrett.
I Hope was produced by Ross Copperman.
Gabby Barrett released I Hope on Mon Jul 29 2019.
As of November 16, 2020, the song has peaked at #3 on the Hot 100, its highest peak to date. The song spent a total of 62 weeks on the Hot 100 chart.
In July of 2020, the song reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot Country Chart.
“I Hope” had originally debuted at #74 on the Billboard Hot 100 d...
“I Hope” came from a high school relationship I had, and I remember what it’s like to feel done wrong. We had about five songs written at the time, and [me and co-writer Zach Kale] were trying to figure out which song to release [to present me] as an artist separate from Idol, I thought it’d be cool...
With ‘I Hope,’ I thought it would be cool personally to do a sad song because it’s a little bit of my past, and ‘The Good Ones’ is kind of my present. Especially because ‘I Hope’ is a vengeful type of song. I just wanted to let people know that not all men are bad! Not everybody is gonna mess you up...
I had a terrible relationship in high school that just went south, and I ended up getting my heart broken. It has happened to me and people close to me. Jon and I were going back-and-forth on ideas for the chorus, and he [joked], “What if we said, ‘And then I hope she cheats?’ ” I said, “We should g...
It was January 2019 when we released it. Coming off Idol that previous summer, I was thankful that that audience stayed with me. The numbers started to go crazy on all of the streaming platforms, and then label people started to pay attention. Warner Music Nashville had an insane sense of belief in...
On January 12, 2021 the RIAA certified this song as 4x Platinum.