The Ashley McBryde One Night Standards song was was released on September 23, 2019 and served as the lead-off single to her second studio album, Never Will. In early 2019, country music star Ashley McBryde was sitting in a writer’s room of her management office in East Nashville with co-writer Nicolette Hayford and the seasoned songwriter kept coming back to, “It ain’t somethin’, I wanna spend a lot of time in… I ain’t gonna stay for the weekend…” before noting, “there’s something in that notion that not everything has to last forever.” After a whirlwind two years, the award-winning Arkansas native knew they’d landed on something special.
“We had to walk away from it to give it a second to breathe,” she now reflects. “When we got back in a room, this time Shane [McAnally] was with us and I joked, ‘You know, hotel rooms…they only have one night stand for a reason. They’re one night stand-ers.’ Shane and Nic’s eyes lit up, ‘Did you just say one night standards?’”
“One Night Standards,” explores the theme of a one-night stand and the emotions that come with it. This music video became the most popular of Ashley’s career with over 24 million views as of November of 2023. Watch the official “One Night Standards” music video and see the written lyrics below!
Ashley McBryde One Night Standards Music Video
McBryde co-wrote “One Night Standards” with Nicolette Hayford and Shane McAnally,
“One Night Standards” Lyrics
I ain’t gonna jump off the deep end
I ain’t gonna ask where your ring is
The thing is, we all got secrets
You don’t wanna hear about my last breakup
I don’t wanna worry about space you take up
I don’t even care if you’re here when I wake up
Can’t you just use me, like I’m using you
How it goes is, the bar closes
There’s no king bed covered in roses
Just a room, without a view
I don’t want a number you ain’t gonna answer
Let’s just stick to the one night standards
Call me what you want if the shoe fits
I ain’t gonna say I never do this, ’cause truth is
Lonely makes a heart ruthless
Ain’t nobody gonna hurt nobody
Ain’t nothin wrong with needin’ somebody
You can leave all that down in the lobby
Can’t you just use me, like I’m using you
How it goes is, the bar closes
There’s no king bed covered in roses
Just a room, without a view
No I don’t want a number you ain’t gonna answer
Let’s just stick to the one night standards
There’s no king bed covered in roses
Just a room without a view
Bottles on the floor don’t even matter
I don’t want a number you ain’t gonna answer
Let’s just stick to the one night standards
The one night standards
The one night standards
