When a Momma's Boy Meets a Daddy's Girl

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"When a Momma's Boy Meets a Daddy's Girl"
Single by Aaron Pritchett
from the album The Score
ReleasedJanuary 30, 2017 (2017-01-30)
Genre Country
Length3:52
Label
  • Big Star
Songwriters
Aaron Pritchett singles chronology
"Out of the Blue"
(2016)
"When a Momma's Boy Meets a Daddy's Girl"
(2017)
"Worth a Shot"
(2018)
Music video
"When a Momma's Boy Meets a Daddy's Girl" on YouTube

"When a Momma's Boy Meets a Daddy's Girl" is a song recorded by Canadian country artist Aaron Pritchett. The track was written by Aaron Goodvin, Stephen Adrian Lawrance, and Miriam Webber. [1] It was the third and final single off Pritchett's seventh studio album The Score. [2]

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Critical reception

Scott Place of nightMair Creative described the song as a "refreshing piece of solid songwriting and straight up from-the-heart singing," noting that the "melody and lyrics come together". [3]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryResultRef
2017 Canadian Country Music Association Video of the YearNominated [4]

Commercial performance

"When a Momma's Boy Meets a Daddy's Girl" reached a peak of number five on the Billboard Canada Country chart dated May 6, 2017, spending 19 weeks on the chart in total. [5] The song was certified Gold by Music Canada in July 2024. [6]

Music video

The official music video for "When a Momma's Boy Meets a Daddy's Girl" was directed by Cole Northey and premiered on February 2, 2017. [7] [8] It was nominated for "Video of the Year" at the 2017 Canadian Country Music Awards. [4]

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Canada Country (Billboard) [5] 5

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [6] Gold40,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. Light, Sara (January 26, 2017). "Why Are Most of the Pitch Leads Country?". SongU.com. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  2. Derdeyn, Stuart (February 22, 2017). "Aaron Pritchett on his new album, The Score". Vancouver Sun . Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  3. Place, Scott (4 May 2017). "Aaron Pritchett When a Mommas Boy meets a Daddys Girl". nightMair Creative. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "2017 CCMA Award Nominees". Canadian Country Music Association . July 12, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Aaron Pritchett Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard . Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Canadian single certifications – Aaron Pritchett – When a Momma's Boy Meets a Daddy's Girl". Music Canada . Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  7. "Aaron Pritchett: When a Momma's Boy Meets a Daddy's Girl". IMDb . Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  8. "Aaron Pritchett - When a Momma's Boy Meets a Daddy's Girl - Official Music Video" (video). YouTube . February 2, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2024.