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Country Boy (Alan Jackson song)

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Wikipedia article




"'Country Boy'" is a song composed and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It is the third single from his album 'Good Time', having been released in September 2008. In January 2009, "Country Boy" became his twenty-fifth Number One hit on the 'Billboard' country singles charts, as well as the third straight Number One from the album. It was briefly used in the 2010 film 'Unstoppable'.

Content



The song is a moderate up-tempo backed mainly by electric guitar. In it, the male narrator addresses a female, inviting her to climb up into his four-wheel drive truck and telling her that he can take her wherever she wants, because he is a "country boy". It is considered one of the earliest popular examples of bro-country music.

Critical reception



Brady Vercher of Engine 145 gave the song a "thumbs down" rating. His review called the song "four minutes of triviality that declines to say anything more significant than 'I'm a country boy, I've got a 4 wheel drive'Country Boy' is the kind of rubbish that would be expected from a new artist trying to prove their questionable country credentials rather than a respected veteran of the genre." His review also compared the song's theme to "Country Man", a Top Ten hit for Luke Bryan in mid-2008: "where ['Country Man'] embraces its own absurdity, 'Country Boy' tries to cover its own suggestive innuendo." Jeffrey B. Remz of 'Country Standard Time' described the song more favorably, saying that despite the song's often-used theme of Southern life, "Jackson can lay claim to being the real deal and not a poseur."

Music video



In late September 2008, Jackson announced on his official YouTube channel that he was holding a music video contest for "Country Boy". The viewers, or YouTubers, were asked to create a simple video no longer than five minutes driving around with a girlfriend. The contest ended on October 6, 2008, and was won by Clay Ashley, Dan Hair, and Mark Trotter of Sioux City, Iowa. Before the official video, television network CMT aired a live music video which featured Jackson performing the song with Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley and George Strait on the 'CMT Country Giants' special.

Chart performance



"Country Boy" peaked at Number One on the 'Billboard' country charts in January 2009, becoming Jackson's twenty-fifth Number One on that chart and matching George Strait's record for the most Number One hits by a country artist since January 1990, when the charts were first tabulated via Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (counting only singles that were Number Ones during that timespan). To date, this is Jackson's last number one hit.

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References



Category:2008 singles

Category:Alan Jackson songs

Category:Brad Paisley songs

Category:Dierks Bentley songs

Category:George Strait songs

Category:Songs written by Alan Jackson

Category:Song recordings produced by Keith Stegall

Category:Arista Nashville singles

Category:2008 songs

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