Parking Lot Party

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"Parking Lot Party"
Parking Lot Party.jpg
Single by Lee Brice
from the album Hard 2 Love
ReleasedMay 13, 2013 (2013-05-13)
Recorded2013
Genre Country
Length
  • 3:27 (album version)
  • 3:05 (radio edit)
Label Curb
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Lee Brice
  • Jon Stone
Lee Brice singles chronology
"I Drive Your Truck"
(2012)
"Parking Lot Party"
(2013)
"I Don't Dance"
(2014)

"Parking Lot Party" is song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Lee Brice. It was released in May 2013 as the fourth single from his 2012 album Hard 2 Love . The song was written by Brice, Rhett Akins, Thomas Rhett and Luke Laird.

Contents

Content

The song is an up-tempo about a male partying with his friends before a concert. The album version of the song contains an introduction from syndicated radio show hosts Big D and Bubba.

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave it 2.5 stars out of 5, saying that "'Parking Lot Party' is a good (but not great) party song, a subgenre that rarely gets top ratings anyway. Phony crowd effects only obfuscate a simple song, and this jam would be better without that addition." [1] Giving it 4 out of 5 stars, Bobby Peacock of Roughstock said that " The production is loud, but in a rockin' kind of way that adds energy...and Brice's rough-edged vocal is full of charm." [2]

Chart and certifications

The song has sold 519,000 copies in the US as of January 2014. [3] As of January 15, 2014, "Parking Lot Party" is Brice's fourth consecutive single, and his fifth total, to be certified Gold or higher by the RIAA. [4]

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [5] 79
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [6] 8
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 62
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [8] 6
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [9] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)Position
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [10] 5
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 40

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [12] Gold40,000*
United States (RIAA) [13] Platinum1,000,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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