Chris Young Reveals Something Kenny Chesney Did to Him 16 Years Ago + It’s Hilarious! [Exclusive Interview]

Chris Young was a guest on Taste of Country Nights recently, where he revealed a memory of his from 16 years ago that involves Kenny Chesney.

Host Evan Paul asked Young for a Chesney memory, as he was just announced to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

The "I'm Coming Over" singer brought the heat.

"My very first No. 1 was 'Getting You Home.' I was flying from Idaho, or somewhere Midwest, and I was flying back home that night."

Young continued, "It was a Sunday, I knew that we would know that night at midnight if we got the No. 1. I landed and my VP immediately calls me, I'm walking through the airport to baggage claim, and he goes, 'Hey, somebody wants to talk to you.'"

Young said the next voice that came on the phone sounded kind of familiar, but he wasn't quite sure.

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"He hands the phone over and it's this guy and he goes, 'Yeah, man, this is Kenny. I just wanna say congrats on your first No. 1. I remember mine like it's yesterday, that's a big deal!'"

Young then told us how he for sure thought this was one of his friends pranking him.

"I was like, 'Okay, okay.' The caveat is, the guy that had handed the phone off, was my VP of promotion at the time, but I knew that he would pull pranks."

Young said that when Chesney handed the phone back to his VP, he then asked him, "Who was that, and did we really get the No. 1?"

His VP of promotion responded, "'That's actually Kenny Chesney. I'm in his plane right now. He wants to buy you a beer."

The "Raised on Country" singer later met Chesney at a small Nashville saloon called Red Door, where Chesney bought him his first beer after his first No. 1 song.