'American Idol' Alum Danny Gokey Debuts Country Single 'It's Only'

'The song went past the mental element and came directly into my heart,' he tells hometown radio station. By James Montgomery Danny Gokey Photo: R. Mickshaw/ Getty Images Earlier this year, "American Idol" third-place finisher Danny Gokey made waves when he said he was thinking of releasing a country album. Turns out, he wasn't joking, eventually signing a deal with RCA's Nashville label . And on Friday (November 6), fans finally got to hear his first foray into the genre, when he debuted "It's Only," a swooning, countrified ballad on Milwaukee radio station FM 106.1. Written by Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley and produced by Mark Bright (who's worked with Carrie Underwood), "It's Only" is the first single from Gokey's RCA debut, which will reportedly hit stores in March of next year. The song details the trials of the jobless and the homeless and doesn't shy away from the topic of faith, either (sample line: "Repo man's gonna take his van/ Bobby's ... (link)