“Girl In A Country Song” by Maddie & Tae

song info

    “Girl In A Country Song” by Maddie & Tae (official video) is a country song.

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    Summary quotation from Wikipedia:

    “Girl in a Country Song” is a single by American country music duo Maddie & Tae. The duo released it in July 2014 as their debut single. Both members of the duo wrote it with Aaron Scherz.

Content

    The song is a satire of the contemporary “bro-country” trend in country music; specifically pertaining to the way that top country stars portray women in their songs. Its lyrics contain references to Thomas Rhett’s “Get Me Some of That”, Luke Bryan’s “That’s My Kind of Night”, Chris Young’s “Aw Naw”, Blake Shelton’s “Boys ’Round Here”, Billy Currington’s “Hey Girl”, David Nail’s “Whatever She’s Got”, Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise” and “Get Your Shine On”, Jake Owen’s “Barefoot Blue Jean Night”, Trace Adkins’ “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk”, Jason Aldean’s “Take a Little Ride”, “My Kinda Party”, “Dirt Road Anthem”, and Tyler Farr’s “Redneck Crazy”.

Critical reception

    Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe rated the single an “A”, saying that “Maddie & Tae have written and recorded the antidote to something that ails country music right now, and thankfully, they’re not offering it up with any sugar to help that medicine go down.”

Music video

    TK McKamy directed the song’s music video.

Chart performance

    The song became the first single by a female duo to have reached the top 10 of the Billboard Country Airplay chart since “My, Oh My” by the Wreckers did so in 2007. As of November 2014, it has sold 408,000 copies in the United States.

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