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UT introduces new fourth quarter song, replaces Garth Brooks' "Friends in Low Places"

Tennessee replaced Brooks' "Friends in Low Places" with Morgan Wallen's "The Way I Talk" at Saturday night's Checker Neyland game against Florida.
Credit: Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP
FILE - In this March 4, 2020, file photo, country star Garth Brooks performs on stage during the 2020 Gershwin Prize Honoree's Tribute Concert at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington. Brooks is canceling his tour dates in five cities, citing a rising number of COVID-19 cases. He will cancel his planned next shows in Ohio, North Carolina, Maryland, Massachusetts and Tennessee. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP, File)

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee replaced its fourth quarter song Saturday night, ending a multi-year tradition for the university. 

Garth Brooks' "Friends in Low Places" has been played before the fourth quarter of UT's football games for the past several seasons. The song was replaced for the first time in years Saturday by country singer Morgan Wallen's "The Way I Talk" at Tennessee's Checker Neyland game against the University of Florida.

Last month, Wallen made history with Knoxville's largest weekend totaling 156,161 fans across both nights. This number surpassed the record previously held by The Jackson 5 across three shows in 1984 with 148,407 fans. 

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