People Know You by Your First Name

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"People Know You by Your First Name"
Dean Brody People Know single.jpg
Single by Dean Brody
from the album Trail in Life
ReleasedMarch 14, 2011 (2011-03-14)
Genre Country
Length3:15
Label Open Road
Songwriter(s) Dean Brody, Moke Cameron
Producer(s) Matt Rovey
Dean Brodysingles chronology
"Trail in Life"
(2010)
"People Know You by Your First Name"
(2011)
"Little Yellow Blanket"
(2011)

"People Know You by Your First Name" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Dean Brody. It was released in March 2011 as the fourth single to his 2010 album Trail in Life . The song reached No. 93 on the Canadian Hot 100 in June 2011.

Contents

Content

"People Know You by Your First Name" is a song that chronicles small-town life and the people who live there. The narrator states that people in the town know you by what type of pickup truck you drive and what you did the night before.

Reception

Roughstock critic Matt Bjorke said that the "lyrics are tight and the chorus fits right." He goes on to call the song, "a slice of modern country music which could’ve been a big hit in America had it been on Brody’s first album." He compares the song to Justin Moore's "Small Town USA" but said that Brody's song feels "more universal" and "worldly." [1]

Music video

The music video was directed by Jeth Weinrich and premiered in March 2011. It was filmed in the Colorado Desert in California and features the Adolfo Camarillo High School football team. [2]

Chart positions

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [3] 93
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [4] 8

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References

  1. Bjorke, Matt. "Dean Brody — "Trail in Life"". Roughstock. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  2. Dean Brody Releases New Single ‘People Know You By Your First Name’ Today @ 5 PM EST!
  3. "Dean Brody Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. "Dean Brody Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved July 16, 2021.