A Little More You

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"A Little More You"
Single by Little Big Town
from the album The Road to Here
ReleasedFebruary 19, 2007 (2007-02-19)
Genre Country
Length4:25
Label Equity
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Wayne Kirkpatrick
  • Little Big Town
Little Big Town singles chronology
"Good as Gone"
(2006)
"A Little More You"
(2007)
"I'm with the Band"
(2007)

"A Little More You" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music group Little Big Town. It was released in February 2007 as the fourth single from their album The Road to Here . The song was written by group members Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Roads, Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook with Wayne Kirkpatrick.

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Critical reception

Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a 'B' grade, writing that it "sounds much cleaner" than their previous singles and "the harmonies are given a chance to really shine." [1]

Music video

The music video was directed by Roger Pistole and premiered in April 2007. It was filmed in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It features the quartet performing the song in a jungle setting, and various young people hanging out in the same understory, as well as swimming, jumping off a rope, and hanging out by a river at night along with the band. [2]

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 53 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of March 3, 2007.

Chart (2007)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 20
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [4] 1

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References

  1. Coyne, Kevin John (February 17, 2007). "Little Big Town, "A Little More You"". Country Universe. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  2. "CMT : Videos : Little Big Town : A Little More You". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  3. "Little Big Town Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "Little Big Town Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.