Brand New Girlfriend (song)

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"Brand New Girlfriend"
Steve Holy - Brand New Girlfriend single cover.jpg
Single by Steve Holy
from the album Brand New Girlfriend
ReleasedJanuary 16, 2006
Genre Country
Length3:39
Label Curb
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Lee Thomas Miller
Steve Holy singles chronology
"It's My Time (Waste It If I Want To)"
(2005)
"Brand New Girlfriend"
(2006)
"Come On Rain"
(2006)

"Brand New Girlfriend" is a song written by Jeffrey Steele, Shane Minor and Bart Allmand, and recorded by American country music singer Steve Holy. It was released in January 2006 as the first single and title track from the album Brand New Girlfriend .

Contents

Background

In an interview with CMT, Holy said that he personally connected with the song the first time that he heard it, stating that "I won't say it was my life story, but it had all my sarcasm. It was almost as if this song was written for me." Holy also indicated that he believed before he recorded the song that it would later gain significant popularity. [1]

Music video

The music video was directed by Eric Welch and premiered in late July 2006.

Cover versions

Zach Seabaugh covered the song on The Voice (U.S. season 9) during the Live Playoffs round.

Charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [2] 6
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 40
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 12

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [6] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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