Kick a Little (song)

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"Kick a Little"
Single by Little Texas
from the album Kick a Little
B-side "Hit Country Song" [1]
ReleasedAugust 16, 1994 [2]
Recorded1994
Genre
Length3:42
Label Warner Bros. Nashville 18103
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Little Texas
  • Christy Dinapoli
  • Doug Grau [3]
Little Texas singles chronology
"Stop on a Dime"
(1994)
"Kick a Little"
(1994)
"Amy's Back in Austin"
(1995)

"Kick a Little" is a song by American country music group Little Texas. It was released in August 1994 as the first single and title track from their album of the same name. It was their tenth single overall, and has become one of their signature songs. It was written by the band's chief songwriters: lead guitarist Porter Howell, guitarist Dwayne O'Brien and keyboardist and vocalist Brady Seals. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and #4 on the Canadian RPM country tracks chart.

Contents

Content

"Kick a Little" is an up-tempo country rock song sung by former lead singer Tim Rushlow. Like Aaron Tippin's debut single "You've Got to Stand for Something", the song's narrator imparts the words of his father, who was never the first to fight but was always willing to stand up for what he believed or to defend his family.

Music video

The live performance music video for "Kick a Little" was directed by Jon Small and produced by Picture Vision. It premiered on CMT on August 20, 1994. Filmed at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, the video begins with a shot of dark storm clouds. The camera then pans to a heavyset man (Ron Lester) wearing a red cap that says "Jr." and parking his Volkswagen Bug. As he exclaims "Man, it's like there's a storm growing there!", a flash of lightning appears. The song starts as it cuts to the band performing live on an empty stage, while debris begins to fall around them. During the guitar solo, a severe tornado and heavy windstorm breaks down the door, and the band continues to perform as they are bombarded with even more debris. After the song finishes, a skinny man exclaims "Man, that Texas twister sho' can kick!", as the heavyset man got flown up into the air from kicking his foot; this line leads into a reprise of the guitar riff being played. This was the last video to feature keyboardist and co-lead vocalist Brady Seals before he left the band to pursue a solo career at the end of 1994.

Covers

Tracy Lawrence, Rodney Carrington and David Adam Bynes released a cover of "Kick a Little" to digital and streaming services on January 26, 2024.

Charts

"Kick a Little" debuted at number 68 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 27, 1994.

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 4
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [5] 8
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [7] 34

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