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
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • 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]

Contents

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.

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