Dirt Road

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"Dirt Road"
Kip Moore Dirt Road.jpg
Single by Kip Moore
Released April 15, 2014 (2014-04-15)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2013–14
Genre Country rock
Length3:23
Label MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
  • Dan Couch
  • Weston Davis
  • Kip Moore
Producer(s) Brett James
Kip Moore singles chronology
"Young Love"
(2013)
"Dirt Road"
(2014)
"I'm to Blame"
(2015)

"Young Love"
(2013)
"Dirt Road"
(2014)
"I'm to Blame"
(2015)

"Dirt Road" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Kip Moore. It was released to radio on April 15, 2014. Moore wrote the song with Dan Couch and Weston Davis. [1] The song along with his previous single "Young Love" were projected to be on his sophomore studio album, but were scrapped when the two songs stalled at radio.

Country music, also known as country and western, and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as folk music and blues.

Kip Moore American musician

Kip Christian Moore is an American country music singer-songwriter signed to MCA Nashville. His debut album, Up All Night, was released on April 24, 2012. and was the best-selling debut album by a male in 2012 and 2013. In 2014, Moore released the single "Young Love", followed by "Dirt Road" and "I'm to Blame". Wild Ones, Moore's second studio album, was released on August 21, 2015.

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Critical reception

An uncredited Taste of Country review stated that "Kip Moore is right when he says his new single ‘Dirt Road’ will raise a few eyebrows, it may just take awhile. Lyrically the new song is country’s Mariana Trench hiding behind familiar references to beer, moonlight and backseat romance." [2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Peter Zavadil and premiered in July 2014. [3]

Peter Zavadil is an American music video director who works primarily in the field of country music. He has directed many music videos since the late 1990s.

Chart performance

Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [4] 44
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 35

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