{{short description|2019 single by Aaron Goodvin}} {{infobox song | name = Bars & Churches | artist = Aaron Goodvin | album = V | type = single | cover = Bars and Churches.jpeg | border = | recorded = | studio = | released = {{start date|2019|02|12}} | format = | label = {{hlist|Warner Canada|Reviver}} | length = {{duration|m=3|s=43}} | genre = {{hlist|Country}} | writer = {{hlist|Aaron Goodvin|Ben Stennis}} | producer = {{hlist|Aaron Goodvin|Matt McClure}} | chronology = Aaron Goodvin singles | prev_title = You Are | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = Good Ol' Bad Days | next_year = 2020 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|MTUW0rnX8HU|"Bars & Churches"}}}} }}
"'''Bars & Churches'''" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian-American country artist Aaron Goodvin.<ref name ="AllMusic">{{cite web|title=Bars & Churches - Aaron Goodvin|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bars-churches-mw0003246976|work=AllMusic|access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> It was the second single from Goodvin's second studio album ''V''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Goodvin has released the video for his single "Good Ol’ Bad Days"|url=https://canadianbeats.ca/2020/03/25/aaron-goodvin-has-released-the-video-for-his-single-good-ol-bad-days/|first=Nanci|last=Dagg|website=Canadian Beats Media|date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>
==Background== Goodvin co-wrote the song with Ben Stennis. He stated that the first line of the chorus, "there's one on every corner", came from "talking about Nashville and talking about how there's either a bar or church everywhere".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-02-19-aaron-goodvin-talks-bars-churches-reveals-favorite-karaoke-song/|title=Aaron Goodvin Talks "Bars & Churches," Reveals Favorite Karaoke Song|date=February 19, 2019|first=Taylor|last=Fields|work=iHeart Radio}}</ref> Goodvin added "this is a song that pretty much got me a record deal in the States. It's really about community and finding out where you belong and sometimes you can find that in either of those places with different people and I think that's a really special thing".<ref name="CC">{{cite web|url=https://www.completecountry.ca/article.php?article_id=4727|title=Aaron Goodvin Releases Music Video For "Bars & Churches"|date=May 1, 2019|work=Complete Country}}</ref> It marked his first single release in the United States after signing with Reviver Records,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://daily.plaympe.com/aaron-goodvin-bars-churches/|title=AARON GOODVIN – BARS & CHURCHES|date=February 12, 2019|work=Daily Play MPE|publisher=Destiny Media Technologies}}</ref> and his second country radio single there after "Woman in Love" in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://daily.plaympe.com/aaron-goodvin-woman-in-love/|title=AARON GOODVIN – WOMAN IN LOVE|date=July 22, 2016|work=Daily Play MPE|publisher=Destiny Media Technologies}}</ref>
==Critical reception== ''Top Country'' named the song their "Pick of the Week" for July 17, 2019, calling it "thoughtful, emotional and impactful", adding "it's one of those songs that stops you in your tracks after the first line".<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Country Pick: Aaron Goodvin’s Bars & Churches|url=https://topcountry.ca/pick-aaron-goodvin-bars-and-churches/|date=July 17, 2019|work=Top Country}}</ref> ''Complete Country'' stated "this tune takes listeners on more of an emotional journey than his previous singles".<ref name="CC"/>
==Commercial performance== "Bars & Churches" reached a peak of number 15 on the ''Billboard'' Canada Country chart,<ref name="Canada Country"/> marking Goodvin's first single to not reach the top ten there. It also peaked at number 46 on the US Country Indicator chart, and was his first charting single in the United States.<ref name="CI"/>
==Music video== The official music video for "Bars & Churches" premiered on May 2, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aaron Goodvin - Bars & Churches - Official Music Video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTUW0rnX8HU |website=YouTube|date=May 2, 2019|format=video|accessdate=July 31, 2021}}</ref> It was directed by Ben Knechtel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aaron Goodvin: Bars & Churches (2019)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13329766/|work=IMDb|access-date=July 31, 2021}}</ref>
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! Chart (2019) ! Peak <br> position |- {{singlechart|Billboardcanadacountry|15|artist=Aaron Goodvin|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2021|refname="Canada Country"}} |- ! scope="row"| US Country Indicator (''Billboard'')<ref name="CI">{{cite web|title=Aaron Goodvin Chart History (Country Indicator)|url= https://www.billboard.com/music/aaron-goodvin/chart-history/country-indicator |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210501023012/https://www.billboard.com/music/aaron-goodvin/chart-history/country-indicator |url-status= dead |archive-date= May 1, 2021 |work=Billboard|accessdate=July 30, 2020}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 46 |- |}
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