Girl in a Country Song

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Girl in a Country Song
Maddie & Tae
publication July 1, 2014
length 3:38
Genre (s) Country , pop
Author (s) Taylor Dye, Maddie Marlow, Aaron Scherz
Label Republic Records , Dot Records
album Start Here

Girl in a Country Song ( English for girls in a country song ) is a song of the American Country duos Maddie & Tae from the 2015 released album Start Here . It was released as the pair's debut single in July 2014. The song was written by the members of the duo together with Aaron Scherz, who produced it together with Dann Huff .

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In the song the trend of bro country (from English Bro - brother) is taken up. In the past few years, many people in small towns have been partying with trucks, beer and barely clad women. Tae Dye criticizes, for example, that male singers mainly address women with the words "Hey girl". It is a trend that has become irresponsible towards women, and the two singers wanted to show it from their perspective.

“Bein 'the girl in the country song - how in the world did it go so wrong?
Like all we're good for is looking good for you and your friends on the weekend, nothing more. "

“Being the girl on a country song - how on earth could it go so wrong?
As if everything we're good for is looking good for you and your friends on the weekend, and nothing more. "

- Maddie & Tae : lyrics

The song also contains many allusions to other country songs, including Get me Some of That by Thomas Rhett , Aw Naw by Chris Young , Redneck Crazy by Tyler Farr , My Kinda Party by Jason Aldean , Boys Round Here by Blake Shelton and Get Your Shine on by Florida Georgia Line .

criticism

Country Universe's Kevin John Coyne rated the song A. He wrote, "Maddie & Tae wrote and recorded the antidote to what's going wrong in country music right now." In 2015, Girl in a Country Song won a Golden Boot Award for Song of the Year.

Music video

The music video for Girl in a Country Song was released on July 24, 2014. Directed by TK McKamy . In the video, Maddie and Tae watch men at a party and roll their eyes. For their part, the men look at two women with bikini tops and hot pants. A role change then takes place. The three men then wear crop tops and hot pants.

Chart placements

Girl in a Country Song debuted at number 58 on the US Country Airplay Charts in the week of July 19, 2014. After 23 weeks, it reached first place in December. Girl in a Country Song is the second debut single by a female duo, after Leave the Pieces by The Wreckers , to make it to number one on the country charts. The song was awarded a gold record by the RIAA on November 17, 2014 . As of January 2015, a total of more than 516,000 copies were sold in the United States. In August 2015, the single went platinum.

Chart (2014) position
Billboard Canada 61
Canada Country Billboard 5
Billboard Hot 100 54
Billboard Country Airplay 1
Billboard Country Songs 3

Annual charts

Chart (2014) position
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) 55
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 44

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gina Dalfonzo: The Bro-Country Backlash Is Here . In: The Atlantic . July 7, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ Alanna Conaway: Has the Bro-Country “Backlash” Begun? . In: Roughstock . July 7, 2014. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b Teenage Songwriters Take On 'Bro-Country' . National Public Radio . July 21, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ Jewly Hight: Maddie & Tae Fire a shot at 'Bro Country' . In: Rolling Stone Magazine . July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ a b First Watch: Maddie & Tae, 'Girl In A Country Song' . National Public Radio . July 24, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ Kevin John Coyne: Single Review: Maddie & Tae, "Girl in a Country Song" . In: Country Universe . June 30, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ Christina Vinson: Maddie & Tae's 'Girl in a Country Song' Declared Song of the Year in 2015 Golden Boot Awards . In: the Boot . June 8, 2015. Accessed June 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ Maddie & Tae - Girl In A Country Song . Youtube . July 24, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6150343/chart-highlights-usher-lands-lucky-13th-no-1-on-rbhip-hop
  10. ↑ Gary Trust and Wade Jessen: Chart Highlights: Maddie & Tae, Girls in a No. 1 country song . Billboard.com. December 8, 2014.
  11. ^ RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database .
  12. ↑ Matt Bjorke: Country Music's Top 30 Digital Singles: Week of January 7 2015 . In: Roughstock . January 7th, 2015. Exact sales figures here
  13. ↑ Maddie & Tae Celebrate Platinum Single! In: NashvilleGab. Retrieved September 19, 2015 .
  14. ↑ Best of 2014: Country Airplay . In: Billboard . Prometheus Global Media .
  15. ↑ Best of 2014: Hot Country Songs . In: Billboard . Prometheus Global Media .