Eli Young Band is an American
country music band composed of members who met while students at the University of North Texas in
Denton, Texas: Mike Eli (
vocals,
guitar), James Young (
guitar), Jon Jones (
bass guitar), and Chris Thompson (
drums). They released their self-titled debut album in 2002, followed by the Carnival records release
Level in 2005. Their third album,
Jet Black & Jealous, was released in 2008 by
Universal South Records. A second major-label album,
Life at Best, was released in 2011 by
Republic Nashville, with
10,000 Towns following in early 2014. The band has charted eight times on the
Billboard country charts, with three of their singles having reached number 1: "
Crazy Girl", which was the top country song of 2011 according to
Billboard Year-End, along with "
Even If It Breaks Your Heart" and "
Drunk Last Night".