# Better Boat > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Better_Boat > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Better_Boat.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Boat > Source revision: 1232391016 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox song | name = Better Boat | cover = Better boat single art.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [Kenny Chesney](/source/Kenny_Chesney) with [Mindy Smith](/source/Mindy_Smith) | album = [Songs for the Saints](/source/Songs_for_the_Saints) | released = {{Start date|2018|8|27}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = [Country](/source/Country_music) | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=44}} | label = Blue Chair/[Warner Bros. Nashville](/source/Warner_Bros._Records) | writer = {{hlist|[Travis Meadows](/source/Travis_Meadows)|[Liz Rose](/source/Liz_Rose)}} | producer = {{hlist|Kenny Chesney|[Buddy Cannon](/source/Buddy_Cannon)}} | chronology = [Kenny Chesney](/source/Kenny_Chesney) | prev_title = [Get Along](/source/Get_Along_(Kenny_Chesney_song)) | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = [Tip of My Tongue](/source/Tip_of_My_Tongue_(Kenny_Chesney_song)) | next_year = 2019 }} "'''Better Boat'''" is a song written by [Travis Meadows](/source/Travis_Meadows) and [Liz Rose](/source/Liz_Rose), and recorded by American [country music](/source/country_music) singer [Kenny Chesney](/source/Kenny_Chesney) featuring [Mindy Smith](/source/Mindy_Smith). It was released in August 2018 as the second single from Chesney's album ''[Songs for the Saints](/source/Songs_for_the_Saints)''. ==Content and history== Chesney took inspiration from [Hurricane Irma](/source/Hurricane_Irma)'s aftermath when recording ''Songs for the Saints'', and in a press release, he said that he felt that "Better Boat" "really captures the emotion of that moment".{{cite web | url=http://theboot.com/kenny-chesney-mindy-smith-better-boat/ | title=Kenny Chesney Teams with Mindy Smith on New Single, 'Better Boat' [Listen] | work=The Boot | date=August 7, 2018 | access-date=December 14, 2018 | author=Liv Stecker}} The song features a vocal backing from [Mindy Smith](/source/Mindy_Smith), and [classical guitar](/source/classical_guitar) parts performed by [Mac McAnally](/source/Mac_McAnally). Its lyrics center on overcoming adversity and finding positivity in life struggles, centered around a metaphor of building a "better boat" to navigate the sea.{{cite web | url=http://tasteofcountry.com/kenny-chesney-better-boat/ | title=Kenny Chesney's 'Better Boat' Finds Him Searching for Hope [Listen] | work=[Taste of Country](/source/Taste_of_Country) | date=August 7, 2018 | access-date=December 14, 2018}}{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/hear-kenny-chesneys-reflective-new-song-better-boat-699049/ | title=Hear Kenny Chesney's Reflective New Song 'Better Boat' | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=July 13, 2018 | access-date=December 14, 2018 | author=Chris Parton}} [Travis Meadows](/source/Travis_Meadows), who wrote the song with [Liz Rose](/source/Liz_Rose), said that he cried when he heard Chesney's rendition for the first time. Of the song's meaning, he said that "I had been in a recovery meeting, and I heard something that really changed my life. Serenity is the thing that everybody in those meetings is looking for. We as humans, we’re looking for serenity; some kind of peace of mind in this crazy blue ball we live on. It was said, ‘Serenity is not found in a calmer sea; it’s found in the building of a better boat."{{cite web | url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1796959/travis-meadows-provides-foundation-for-kenny-chesneys-better-boat/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714092612/http://www.cmt.com/news/1796959/travis-meadows-provides-foundation-for-kenny-chesneys-better-boat/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 14, 2018 | title=Travis Meadows Provides Foundation for Kenny Chesney's "Better Boat" | work=CMT | date=July 13, 2018 | access-date=December 14, 2018 | author=Lauren Tingle}} Meadows' own version appears on his 2017 album ''First Cigarette''. ==Chart performance== "Better Boat" peaked at number 25 on [Country Airplay](/source/Country_Airplay) in December 2018, accounting for Chesney's lowest peak there, and his first to miss the top 20 since "[I Will Stand](/source/I_Will_Stand_(song))" reached number 27 on the same chart in 1998. {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Chart performance for "Better Boat" ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Peak
position |- {{single chart|Billboardcanadacountry|49|artist=Kenny Chesney|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Billboardcountryairplay|25|artist=Kenny Chesney|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|34|artist=Kenny Chesney|rowheader=true}} |} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Kenny Chesney 2010-2029 singles}} {{Mindy Smith}} {{authority control}} Category:2018 songs Category:2018 singles Category:Kenny Chesney songs Category:Songs written by Travis Meadows Category:Songs written by Liz Rose Category:Song recordings produced by Buddy Cannon Category:Warner Records singles Category:Male–female vocal duets Category:Songs about boats --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Better Boat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Boat) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Boat?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.