For a Boy

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"For a Boy"
ForaBoy.jpg
Single by RaeLynn
ReleasedMarch 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)
Genre
Length3:02
Label Valory Music Group
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Joey Moi
RaeLynn singles chronology
"God Made Girls"
(2014)
"For a Boy"
(2015)
"Love Triangle"
(2016)

"For a Boy" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist RaeLynn. It was released to radio on March 23, 2015. RaeLynn wrote the song with Laura Veltz. [1]

Contents

History

RaeLynn told Entertainment Tonight that "I wrote it about this dinner date I went on, and this guy was super transparent with me and kinda wore his heart on his sleeve…You know, guys always wanna be macho and that kinda thing, so I had this idea of 'for a boy, this guy's pretty transparent and cool.'" [2]

Critical reception

Giving it a "C", Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe wrote that "She’s simply too green for me to take seriously her low level of expectations for both genders. 'For a Boy' is decently constructed, has a production that recalls SHeDAISY, and she sings it just fine." [3]

Music video

The music video was directed by TK McKamy and premiered in May 2015. [4]

Chart performance

The song debuted on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at No. 15, selling 27,000 copies in the US on its debut week. The song peaked at #58 becoming her lowest charting single to date. [5] The song has sold 77,000 copies in the United States as of July 2015. [6]

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [7] 15
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [8] 58
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [9] 32

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References

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