Jason Benoit takes the words right out of his fans’ mouths with his new single and video I Wanna Hear That Song — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
You bought the tickets months ago. Stood in line to get in. Waited for the opening act to finish their set. Now, at last, the band or musician you waited for is playing the track that definitely made all the time, cash and travel invested worth it. Newfoundland and Labrador Mi’kmaq country sensation Benoit nails that feeling with his latest single.
I Wanna Hear That Song, co-written with his friend Gerry Foote, was inspired by more than a decade performing in Canadian country music circles and noticing one simple, universal fact: “Everyone wants to hear a song they can sing along to, whether that be a song by the artist themselves or even a cover song,” Benoit says. “With this in mind, while traversing the highways and byways of Ontario on tour, we wrote this track.”
The joyous single, with its toe-tapping beat and some fine banjo playing by musician and multi-instrumentalist John Hynes (who co-produced the song with Benoit), resembles quality, radio-friendly material recalling the likes of Keith Urban or Tim McGraw. Like those artists, Benoit does not take his audience for granted for a split second:
“I never wanna leave
Can we just stay here please
If we get loud enough
Everyone get on your feet
Play the one that gets me through
The one for me and you
Never wanna go back home.”
“This song is a tribute to the songs we love, as they are the reason why the fans spend their hard-earned money to come see live artists,” Benoit says. “It’s a very profound moment when you hear your favourite song being sung by your favourite artist while you’re in the same room; it creates a memory that lasts forever and you will always look back at that time, who you were with, and what life meant to you, and remember that for a second in time you truly got to experience something both magical and personal with the audience as a whole. It’s truly a beautiful thing.”
Benoit, who won a 2024 East Coast Music Association Country Recording of the Year Award for his Time Traveller album, has had a busy few years. This included a 2023 Canadian Country Music Association nomination for Alt-Country Album of the Year and four 2024 MusicNL nominations including Album of the Year for his EP The Deadwood. In 2023, he earned MusicNL’s Fans Choice Entertainer of the Year and Indigenous Artist of the Year.
Watch the video for I Wanna Hear That Song above, check out more from Jason Benoit below, and send your requests to his website, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
