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Eighteen Inches
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Eighteen Inches
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Lauren Alaina
| album = Wildflower
| released =
| recorded = 2011
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:44
| label = Mercury Nashville
| writer = Carrie Underwood, Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace
| producer = Byron Gallimore
| prev_title = Georgia Peaches
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Barefoot and Buckwild
| next_year = 2013
| misc =
}}
"'Eighteen Inches'" is a song written by Carrie Underwood, Ashley Gorley and Kelley Lovelace and recorded by American country music artist Lauren Alaina. It was released in July 2012 as the third and final single from Alaina's debut album 'Wildflower'.
Content
"Eighteen Inches" is a story of two young lovers early in their relationship, with references to the space between a persons head and heart.
One of the songwriter Ashley Gorley described the song as A girl madly in love running away with her boyfriend, doing anything they could to scrape up the money and get a ring, and eventually deciding they were ready for a baby. If they had stopped and thought about any of the scenarios, they never would have happened, but when you follow what you feel it can take you a long way and he also said that the song was written a few years back for Carrie Underwood saying, Carrie, Kelley Lovelace and I wrote this song a couple of years ago when we were writing for Carries album,
Critical reception
It received three stars out of five rating from Billy Dukes of Taste of Country, who said "The plot is a little predictable, but mostly because its a story all of us know so well from personal experience. Thats where Alaina has room for growth. While its certainly not her fault that shes never begged a landlord for one more week, her lack of expertise shows. Shes not a master storyteller yet this tale sounds more like a really good one she heard from a friend, in this case songwriters Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace and Carrie Underwood. The songs sweet ending may overcome any issues of credibility, however."
Track listing
;Digital download
# "Eighteen Inches" 3:44
Charts
Release history
References
Category:2012 singles
Category:Lauren Alaina songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Byron Gallimore
Category:Songs written by Carrie Underwood
Category:Songs written by Ashley Gorley
Category:Songs written by Kelley Lovelace
Category:Mercury Nashville singles
Category:2011 songs
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