Source: RCA Records Nashville

The questions started to arise a few days ago when Danny Gokey suddenly began to perform two songs on his cross-country radio tour.

Danny and RCA Records Nashville initially chose "It's Only" as his first single. In fact, that debuted on a country radio station in early November.

However, USA Today's Brian Mansfield tells us that the label has changed its mind on what song they will use as Danny's first single.

"RCA decided to go uptempo rather than with a ballad," Mansfield told AI Now. He continued, "Country likes to lead with tempo whenever possible. And, 'It's Only' was still new enough they could make the switch. They hadn't really started pushing for adds yet."

Danny's new single will be called "My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me" and it has already been posted on Danny's official YouTube & Myspace accounts.

USA Today reports that "My Best Days Are Ahead Of me" was written by Marv Green (Lonestar's Amazed, Reba McEntire's Consider Me Gone) and Kent Blazy (Garth Brooks' (Ain't Goin' Down) 'Til the Sun Comes Up, Chris Young's Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song)).

“I love this song for what it stands for,” Danny says. “I don’t live in the past.  I live in the ‘now’…in the future…and in the dreams that I have.  I know that my best days really are ahead of me.”

19 Records/RCA Nashville explained the switch by saying, "As country radio programmers who were in Nashville for last week’s CMA Awards began hearing some of his songs, the feedback was overwhelming: they loved the uplifting, up-tempo “My Best Days Are Ahead of Me.”

Danny's management tells AI Now that this single will arrive on country radio within the next few days and will be available for digital download on December 22nd.

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