A Buncha Girls

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"A Buncha Girls"
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Single by Frankie Ballard
from the album Frankie Ballard
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2011 (2011-02-28)
Recorded2011
Genre Country
Length3:35
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Michael Knox
Frankie Ballard singles chronology
"Tell Me You Get Lonely"
(2010)
"A Buncha Girls"
(2011)
"Helluva Life"
(2013)

"A Buncha Girls" is a song co-written recorded by American country music artist Frankie Ballard. It was released in February 2011 as the second single from his debut album Frankie Ballard . Ballard wrote the song with Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, and Ben Hayslip, who comprise The Peach Pickers. [1]

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Critical reception

Amy Sciarretto of Taste of Country gave the song a favorable review, writing that Ballard "espouses the virtues of carefree girls in his rawk ‘n’ roll-meets-country drawl." [2] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song four stars out of five, saying that "what we have here is a delightful radio-ready song that will have the guys noddin’ their heads to the song while the girls shimmy and shake and sing-a-long." [3]

Music video

The music video was directed by Jim Wright and premiered in May 2011. [4]

Chart performance

"A Buncha Girls" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of March 5, 2011. [5]

Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 27

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 100

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