Country Girls (Jess Moskaluke song)

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"Country Girls"
Country Girls (Jess Moskaluke song) cover.jpg
Single by Jess Moskaluke
from the album The Demos
ReleasedOctober 18, 2019 (2019-10-18)
Genre Country
Length2:59
Label
Songwriters
Producer
  • Corey Crowder
Jess Moskaluke singles chronology
"Save Some of That Whiskey"
(2018)
"Country Girls"
(2019)
"Halfway Home"
(2020)
Music video
"Country Girls" on YouTube

"Country Girls" is a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Jess Moskaluke. [1] The track was co-written by Moskaluke and producer Corey Crowder, along with Emily Shackelton. [2] It became Moskaluke's first Number One hit, [3] [4] and was included on her second studio album The Demos . [5]

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Critical reception

"Country Girls" was named Top Country "Pick of the Week" for the week of October 25, 2019. They called the track a "rhythmic dazzler" that "features Moskaluke’s signature soaring vocals layered with delicate harmonies, twangy banjo and an impossibly hooky chorus, resulting in a track dripping in modernity while honouring traditional country roots". [6]

Commercial performance

"Country Girls" reached a peak of number 1 on the Billboard Canada Country chart dated March 14, 2020, [7] her first chart-topper. [8] It also peaked at number 31 on Billboard Hot Canadian Digital Songs, [9] and reached number 13 on the Australian Country Hot 50. [10] As of December 2020, "Country Girls" had received over 2.6 million streams through Spotify. [11] In October 2021, the song was certified Gold by Music Canada. [12]

Music video

The official music video for "Country Girls" was directed by Stephano Barberis and premiered February 13, 2020. [13] [14]

Charts

Chart (2019–20)Peak
position
Australia Country Hot 50 (TMN) [10] 13
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [8] 1
Canada Digital Songs (Billboard) [9] 31

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [12] Gold40,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. Kennedy, John R (October 18, 2019). "LISTEN: Jess Moskaluke Debuts 'Country Girls'". iHeart Radio Canada . Bell Media . Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  2. "Country Girls - Jess Moskaluke". AllMusic . Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  3. Murray, Joshua; Cassling, Trish (March 9, 2020). "Jess Moskaluke Scores First #1 Single with Country Girls". The Reviews Are In. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  4. "Jess Moskaluke's "Country Girls" Hits #1 at Radio in Canada". Front Porch Music. March 14, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  5. Murray, Joshua (February 15, 2021). "The Demos, Jess Moskaluke Interview & 5 Quick Questions". The Reviews Are In. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  6. "Top Country Pick: Jess Moskaluke 'Country Girls'". Top Country. October 13, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  7. "Canada Country chart for March 14, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  8. 1 2 "Jess Moskaluke Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Jess Moskaluke Chart History: Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales". Billboard . Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  10. 1 2 "Country Hot 50: Issue 1272". The Music Network . Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  11. "Country Girls - Single by Jess Moskaluke". Spotify . Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  12. 1 2 "Canadian single certifications – Jess Moskaluke – Country Girls". Music Canada . Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  13. "Jess Moskaluke - Country Girls (Official Music Video)" (video). YouTube . February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  14. Hall, Brandon (February 18, 2020). "Watch Jess Moskalukes "Country Girls" Music Video". iHeart Radio Canada . Bell Media . Retrieved December 5, 2020.