"Put a Girl in It" is a song co-written by singer

Rhett Akins Thomas Rhett Akins Sr. (born October 13, 1969) is an American singer and songwriter. Signed to Decca Records between 1994 and 1997, he released two albums for that label (1995's '' A Thousand Memories'' and 1996's '' Somebody New''), followed by ...

along with

Dallas Davidson Dallas Davidson is an American country music singer and songwriter from Albany, Georgia, who has written for artists such as Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell, Jake Owen, Luke Bryan, Randy Houser, Lady Antebellum, and Billy Curringto ...

and

Ben Hayslip Ben Hayslip (born March 11, 1970 in Evans, Georgia) is an American country music songwriter. Early life Hayslip first attended Valdosta High School in Valdosta GA where he was a freshman quarterback for the 1984 State and National champion Val ...

, who are collectively known as

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, and recorded by American

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duo

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. It was released in May 2008 as the third single from their album '' Cowboy Town''. It reached number 3 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart.

Content

The song is an up-tempo accompanied by

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. Its lyrics tell of various situations that, according to the narrator, are "nothing" until "you put a girl in it".

Critical reception

Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a B rating. He said that it is "a pandering attempt to wrangle as much female adulation as possible from the predominantly female country music listening demographic." But he also added that "the song is ultimately fun and Ronnie Dunn’s vocal performance is admirably strong."

Chart performance

"Put a Girl in It" debuted at number 48 on the U.S. ''Billboard ''

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chart for the week of May 10, 2008. Twenty-five of the radio stations monitored by ''Billboard'' added this song, boosting it to number 37 the next week, and it became the most added song of that week.

Year-end charts

References

2008 singles Brooks & Dunn songs Songs written by The Peach Pickers Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer) Arista Nashville singles Music videos directed by Wes Edwards 2007 songs {{2000s-country-song-stub