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artist

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. It was released to radio on August 17, 2015, by

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as the third and final single from his second studio album ''

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''. The album's previous single, " Withdrawals" was pulled from country radio, being replaced by "Better in Boots". The song was written by former

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lead vocalist Naomi Cooke, Justin Wilson and Dave Pittenger. "Better in Boots" garnered better chart success than "Withdrawals", peaking at number 26 on both the ''Billboard''

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charts respectively. It has sold 131,000 units in the United States as of March 2016. It also charted in Canada, reaching number 43 on the

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chart. An accompanying music video for the song, directed by Eric Welch, features Farr performing in a barn with his band, and is intercut with scenes of archery, lassoing and a silo dance party.

Critical reception

An uncredited ''

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'' review stated that ""Better In Boots" is a straight-down-the-middle country love song. Farr plays the role of a guy enjoying a night of fresh air and wild impulses with a girl. There are surprisingly few boot songs in country music, so Farr's new track will immediately stand out as unique." Anthony Easton of ''

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'' highlighted the track as being "the sexiest song about getting literally dirty" and positively compared it to

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". In 2017, ''Billboard'' contributor

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put "Better in Boots" at number eight on his top 10 list of Farr's best songs.

Music video

The music video was directed by Eric Welch and premiered in November 2015. It begins with Farr entering a barn, just as a woman in cowboy boots does the same thing. It's followed by Farr and his band performing in said barn with a bunch of women, intercut with scenes of a woman doing archery, a cowboy performing rope tricks on fire, and a silo dance party. The woman is played by former

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Chart performance

The song has sold 131,000 copies in the United States as of March 2016.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

2015 singles 2015 songs Tyler Farr songs Columbia Nashville Records singles Song recordings produced by Julian King (recording engineer) {{2010s-country-song-stub