INTERVIEW: Craig Campbell on 'Outskirts Of Heaven' | Everything You Need To Know

Country singer/songwriter Craig Campbell knows exactly what heaven looks like -- and now we know what that looks like too thanks to his brand new 2016 single "Outskirts of Heaven." The new single is the follow-up to his 2015 song "Tomorrow Night," and was released back at the end of March via Red Bow Records. Craig has had a lot of hit songs under his belt like "Keep Them Kisses Coming," "Outta My Head," and his first single ever "Family Man," and it looks like "Outskirts of Heaven" is on track to be just as big. The song was co-written with songwriter Dave Turnbull, and details what he believes his version of heaven looks like.

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The 37-year-old Georgia-born country star recently stopped by iHeartRadio HQ in New York City where he told us everything there is to know about his new single, including the inspiration and meaning behind it, how the song was written, his favorite lyric in the track, and something fans may not know about one of the lyrics. Check it out below!

On the meaning and inspiration behind "Outskirts of Heaven":

"'Outskirts of Heaven' is a song that I wrote, it's mainly for myself as a prayer request. But [also] thinking about heaven, and what I know about heaven, and with the pearly gates and the golden streets. It sounds very big city, and I grew up in the country in the middle of nowhere, as matter of fact. We didn't even go trick-or-treating because there were no houses to go to. The idea of living in a big city kind of gets me anxious and claustrophobic almost, so I can't imagine myself living downtown heaven. So, I wrote this song as basically what I think heaven is going to be like when I get there, for myself."

On how he wrote "Outskirts of Heaven" with Dave Turnbull:

"I've known Dave a long time, we've written some cool songs together. We were together in Chattanooga and were going up an escalator, I remember it like it was yesterday, and I said, 'Hey I got this idea for a song called 'Outskirts of Heaven,' I want you to help me write it,' and he said, 'Let's do it.' So the next time we got together we started writing something, and I said, 'Hey I'm not really feeling this let's go on to something else.' I said, 'Do you remember when I told you about this Outskirts of Heaven?' And um, he said, 'Yeah.' So we started working on it, and I had this melody in my head and the song started happening pretty quick. I remember one particular spot where we were, and we were talking about the shaded and traded, and acreage where my lines as far as rhyming was going. And then I said, 'With a squeaky front porch swing,' and then he immediately said, 'That's where I want to hang my wings.' And then we both looked at each other and started high-fiveing. So it was a cool process, but we wrote in a matter of a couple hours."

On his favorite lyric in "Outskirts of Heaven":

"I would say the second verse is probably my favorite of the song, as a whole the song. The first verse sets it up really well, [and] I think the second verse kind of nails it down. The line, 'With a squeaky front porch swing, that's where I want to hang my wings,' I think is, is pretty legit."

On something fans don't know about the song lyrics "Where there's dogwood trees, and honeybees":

"I've been wanting to tell somebody this. There's a [historical fact] I've since found out that is untrue, but for the longest time [I thought] the cross was made out of dogwood tree, but that is not true. But at the time when I wrote the song, I thought the actual cross that Jesus was crucified on was made out of dogwood, so that's the reason in the song says, 'Where there's a dogwood trees and honey bees,' that's the reason I put that in there. [The cross is something middle eastern I can't remember what it is. If you Google it, there is a theory that it's in fact made out of dogwood, but someone has busted that theory up."

You can currently find Craig playing live in concert from July to August at festivals and fairs across central and eastern America. To learn more click here.

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