There Was This Girl
2018 single by Riley Green
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"There Was This Girl" is the debut single by American country music singer Riley Green. It was released in June 2018 as the lead single from his debut studio album, Different 'Round Here (2019). Green wrote the song with Erik Dylan, and Dann Huff served as producer.
| "There Was This Girl" | ||||
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| Single by Riley Green | ||||
| from the album Different 'Round Here | ||||
| Released | June 29, 2018 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:14 | |||
| Label | BMLG | |||
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| Producer | Dann Huff | |||
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Content
The song is a story song about the impact that various women have had in the narrator's life. Billy Dukes of Taste of Country wrote that it "finds the narrow space between calls for a return to a more timeless country sound and seeks to banish the word 'bro' from the dictionary. The debut single is smart storytelling for the everyman. The trick Green and his co-writers pull is using successive choruses to advance his narrative without sacrificing the country-rocker's singalong quality. He swaps only a word or phrase each time, slowly turning what starts as an adolescent adventure reminiscent of Chris Cagle's 'Chicks Dig It' into a grown man's memory."[1]
Music video
Green said that the song's music video (directed by Peter Zavadil) was shot by fans of his, while he performed a concert in a bar in his home state of Alabama. He told Taste of Country that "We actually let the fans shoot the video, and literally passed the camera from fan to fan."[2]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[11] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
| Canada (Music Canada)[12] | 3× Platinum | 240,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[13] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||