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# We Dare CMT & Radio To Make This A Hit: Gay-Themed Country Song Finds YouTube Success [VIDEO]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/gay-themed-country-song-finds-viral-success-on-youtube/
- Published: 2013-07-08T11:58:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-07-08T11:58:00.000Z
- Description: Given it's reliance on love of Mom, apple pie and conservative values, it's hard to imagine country radio or CMT embracing a gay themed love song. But thanks to YouTube,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/07/gay-themed-country-song-finds-viral-success-on-youtube.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, YouTube & Video, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

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Given it's reliance on love of Mom, apple pie and conservative values, it's hard to imagine country radio or CMT embracing a gay themed love song. But thanks to YouTube, a song and video by unsigned artist Steve Grand, is finding an audience, logging almost 450,000 views in the 6 days since it was posted. Grand made the $7000 video for "All American Boy" by maxing out his credit card.

The story comes from his own life, “I was a 13-year-old boy (at camp),” the 23-year-old singer-songwriter, told [Pollstar ](http://www.pollstar.com/news%5Farticle.aspx?ID=805769&ref=hypebot.com)from his hometown Chicago. “One of my counselors was warm and strong and he took an interest in me – not sexually, but as a friend, and it really moved me. I remember leaving with a horrible ache in my heart.”

**Attention CMT and country radio: We dare you to make this a hit.**