Hey Pretty Girl

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"Hey Pretty Girl"
Single by Kip Moore
from the album Up All Night
Released January 28, 2013 (2013-01-28)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2012
Genre Country
Length 3:36
Label MCA Nashville
Writer(s)
  • Kip Moore
  • Dan Couch
Producer(s) Brett James
Kip Moore singles chronology
"Beer Money"
(2012)		 "Hey Pretty Girl"
(2013)		 "Young Love"
(2013)

"Hey Pretty Girl" is a song recorded by American country music artist Kip Moore. It was released in January 2013 as the third single from his debut album, Up All Night.[1] Moore co-wrote the song with Dan Couch.[2] As of June 19, 2013, the single had sold 500,000 copies in the United States [3] and been certified Gold by the RIAA.

Content

The song is in the key of D major.[4] It tells a story of a male making advances on a woman, dancing with her, then marrying and having a child with her.

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song five stars out of five, writing that "the singer employs no studio tricks to make his point. He brings you in with a performance as intimate as any you’ll hear this year."[5] Chuck Dauphin of Roughstock gave the song a favorable review, saying that "Kip Moore gets a chance to showcase his vocals for the first time on his new single, rather than just dealing with cute hooks for radio play."[6]

Music video

An acoustic music video, directed by Stephen Shepherd, premiered in April 2012.[7] The official music video, directed by Chris Hicky, premiered in March 2013.[8]

Chart performance

"Hey Pretty Girl" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Billboard Country Airplay chart for the week of January 19, 2013.[9] It debuted at number 46 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of February 16, 2013. It debuted at number 97 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of April 6, 2013. It debuted at number 98 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart for the week of July 13, 2013.

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[10] 62
Canada Country (Billboard)[11] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 41
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[13] 2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[14] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[15] 8
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[16] 23

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[17] Gold 40,000
United States (RIAA)[18] Platinum 687,000[19]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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  3. ↑ http://www.roughstock.com/blog/country-chart-news-the-top-30-digital-singles-june-19-2013-three-gold-singles-the-swon-brothers-florida-georgia-line-dominate
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  10. ↑ "Kip Moore – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Kip Moore.
  11. ↑ "Kip Moore – Chart history" Billboard Canada Country for Kip Moore.
  12. ↑ "Kip Moore – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Kip Moore.
  13. ↑ "Kip Moore – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Kip Moore.
  14. ↑ "Kip Moore – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Kip Moore.
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