| "She's Country" | ||||
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| Single byJason Aldean | ||||
| from the albumWide Open | ||||
| Released | December 1, 2008 (2008-12-1) | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Country rock | |||
| Length | 3:38 | |||
| Label | Broken Bow | |||
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| Producer(s) | Michael Knox | |||
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"She's Country" is a song written by Danny Myrick and Bridgette Tatum and recorded by Americancountry music artistJason Aldean. It was released in December 2008 as the first single from Aldean's 2009 albumWide Open. The song became Aldean's second number one hit on the U.S.BillboardHot Country Songs chart in May 2009. This song is also used in theRock Band Country Track Pack, and has been released as downloadable content for theRock Band series.
This song is a moderate up-tempo featuring accompaniment fromelectric guitar. The verses outline various females from various rural places in theUnited States. Each is described as being "country" in nature "from her cowboy boots to her down home roots".
According toCountry Weekly magazine, songwriter Bridgette Tatum got together with fellow songwriter Danny Myrick after thinking of a groove "that she didn't want to forget."[1] They were thinking of several lyrics until Myrick added a guitar riff, and they thought of the title, "She's Country." When Myrick and Tatum finished the song, they recommended the song to Aldean.[1]
Pierce Greenberg ofEngine 145 gave the song a “thumbs-down” rating. He described it as having "dumbed-down lyrics and amped-up, rock-based production", and said that it was a "step backwards" from his previous singles such as "Laughed Until We Cried".[2] Blake Boldt ofCountry Universe gave the song a C− grade, saying that its lyrics were "cliché-laden" and sexist because of the oversimplified terms used to describe the women.[3]
Aldean debuted the song in November 2008 at theCountry Music Association awards shortly before its release as a single. Footage of the live performance was used as the song'smusic video.[4] A second music video, based on the studio version of the song, was released in February 2009, and Jason Aldean returned to Wes Edwards, who directed his first four music videos to direct this music video. This music video shows Jason Aldean at his concerts, and during his touring. The video was voted number 35 on GAC's Top 50 Videos of the Year.
The song debuted at number 51 on the U.S.BillboardHot Country Songs chart for the chart week of December 6, 2008, and entered the Top 40 the week after. On the week of May 16, 2009, it became Aldean's second number one hit on the chart and his first since "Why" in May 2006. The song entered at number 90 theBillboard Hot 100 on the chart week of November 29, 2008 but fell off until the chart week of February 7, 2009, when it re-entered at number 88. The song became Aldean's first Top 40 hit on the Hot 100 chart after peaking at number 29. It was also certified double-platinum by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as a digital single on October 5, 2012, as well as being certified gold as amastertone on August 25, 2009.[5]
As of June 2011, the song has sold 1,612,000 copies in the United States, making it the second best-selling song by a male solo country artist, only being surpassed by Aldean's "Big Green Tractor".[6]
| Chart (2008–2009) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| CanadaCountry (Billboard)[7] | 14 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8] | 90 |
| USBillboard Hot 100[9] | 29 |
| USHot Country Songs (Billboard)[10] | 1 |
| Chart (2009) | Position |
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| USCountry Songs (Billboard)[11] | 14 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[12] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[13] Mastertone | Gold | 500,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||