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"Country Man" 
Single by Luke Bryan from the album I'll Stay Me Released March 24, 2008 Format CD single Genre Country Length 3:10 Label Capitol Nashville Writer(s) Luke Bryan
Galen Griffin
Patrick Jason MatthewsProducer Jeff Stevens Luke Bryan singles chronology "We Rode in Trucks"
(2007)"Country Man"
(2008)"Do I"
(2009)"Country Man" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Luke Bryan. It was released in March 2008 as the third single from his 2007 debut album I'll Stay Me. The song, like Bryan's previous two singles ("All My Friends Say" and "We Rode in Trucks"), has charted in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
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Content
The song is a moderate up-tempo, accompanied by fiddle and guitar. Its lyrics focus the male narrator, who is describing himself to a female, trying to convince her that she does not need a "city boy", but rather a "country man."[1]
Reception
Billboard reviewer Ken Tucker, who gave I'll Stay Me a favorable review for its "unapologetically country" sound, described the song as a "down-home romper".[2] Allmusic critic Thom Jurek referred to it as "line-dance swagger" that was "calculating" but "execute[d] nearly flawlessly".[3]
Brady Vercher of The 9513, however, gave the song a "thumbs down" review, describing it as "mindlessly list[ing] anything that could be superficially associated with being a country man". He also thought that the song posed a risk of typecasting Bryan as "the corporate manufactured country boy image" by following so closely on his debut single "All My Friends Say".[1] Michael Sudhalter of Country Standard Time also thought unfavorably of the song, describing it as being "chock full of country clichés", although he called it "the only misstep" on the album.[4]
Chart performance
Chart (2008) Peak
positionUS Billboard Hot 100[5] 74 US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 10 References
- ^ a b Vercher, Brady (2008-03-07). "Luke Bryan - "Country Man"". The 9513. http://www.the9513.com/luke-bryan-country-man/. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
- ^ Tucker, Ken. "I'll Stay Me review". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2008-06-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20080601191858/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3i2530f60f036b288e8a813e5ac444e1ec. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "I'll Stay Me - Overview". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1058579. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
- ^ Sudhalter, Michael. "Luke Bryan - I'll Stay Me". Country Standard Time. http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=3657. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ^ "Luke Bryan Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Luke Bryan. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
- ^ "Luke Bryan Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Country Songs for Luke Bryan. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
External links
- "Country Man" lyrics at CMT.com
Studio albums Singles "All My Friends Say" · "We Rode in Trucks" · "Country Man" · "Do I" · "Rain Is a Good Thing" · "Someone Else Calling You Baby" · "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)" · "I Don't Want This Night to End"Related articles Categories:- 2008 singles
- Luke Bryan songs
- Songs written by Luke Bryan
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