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"Outside My Window" is a song co-written and recorded by American
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Sarah Buxton Sarah Jane Buxton (born July 3, 1980) is an American country music singer, formerly signed to the independent Lyric Street Records. Between 2006 and 2008, she issued three singles from an extended play titled '' Almost My Record'', in addition t ...
. The song was released in June 2009 as the lead-off single from her self-titled debut album, which was released in February 2010. It has since become Buxton's second Top 30 hit on the U.S. ''Billboard''
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chart, as well as the highest-charting single of her career. Buxton wrote this song with Victoria Shaw,
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and Mark Hudson.


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"Outside My Window" is an up-tempo
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song, backed primarily by electric guitar with steel guitar fills. The song's female narrator describes the positive things she sees "outside erwindow," which brightens up her day.


Critical reception

The song has received mixed reception from music critics. Matt Bjorke of Roughstock reviewed the song favorably and referring to it as Buxton's "biggest shot at radio stardom yet." He described the song as "a
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-like optimistic ballad", as well as "a hook-y, sing-a-long to play for women this summer." Karlie Justus of Engine 145 gave the song a thumbs down, finding fault in the song's "strange production choices" and the chorus' "long mishmash of feel-good staples, which underscores its 'written by committee' feel." She thought that the verses were well written, and compared Buxton's sound to the likes of
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. Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a C rating, noting that while her voice is "distinctive and interesting," it is crowded out by "layers of backing instruments and vocalists," which result in her "sound nglike any one of the countless 21st century country acts who have to put all their effort into getting close enough to being on key for auto-tune to fix it."


Music video

The music video, which was directed by co-writer Mark Hudson, premiered on CMT on July 9, 2009. The video shows Buxton outside in the woods, playing her acoustic guitar, while experiencing events portrayed in the song lyrics. Props for the video include a cut-out window that is held in front of Buxton as she looks through it, noticing a couple kissing among other things. Buxton revealed that the video was homemade and with a budget of $80.Roughstock Blog: Sarah Buxton - Outside My Window Video
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Chart performance

"Outside My Window" debuted at number 57 on the U.S. ''Billboard''
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chart in July 2009. The song was a minor Top 30 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart, reaching a peak of number 23 in early 2010.


References

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