Kenny Chesney has the hottest new song at country radio this week with “You and Tequila” already inside the Top 30 — and if you’ve been enjoying the song, you may know that the voice joining Kenny on “You and Tequila” belongs to singer Grace Potter. Kenny and Grace had never even met until the day they recorded the song, but Kenny was already a fan, and he says that recording with Grace was a great experience. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• “You and Tequila” is the newest favorite from Kenny’s hit-filled Hemingway’s Whiskey album, home to three back-to-back number-one hits, including “The Boys of Fall,” “Live a Little,” and “Somewhere with You.”

  Kenny Chesney talks about Grace Potter, who sings with him on “You and Tequila.” (:33)
“I just fell in love with her voice a couple years ago and didn’t know how to get a hold of her. Finally did, sent her the song, and to me, that just shows you how powerful music can be. One of the reasons that I love bein’ a songwriter, and one of the reasons that I love bein’ a musician — and the fact that I’ve got music in my life — is the fact that you can meet a girl like Grace Potter. Never met her before. She grew up in Vermont, I grew up in Tennessee, and I never met her until she walked into the studio. But it was as if, when we started singin’ together, it was as if we’d known each other our whole lives, and it just worked.”