"Speak to a Girl" is a song recorded by American
country music
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artists
Tim McGraw
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and
Faith Hill
Audrey Faith McGraw (; born September 21, 1967), known professionally as Faith Hill, is an American singer and actress. She is one of the most successful country music artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums worldwide.
Hill' ...
. The song was written by
Shy Carter
Blake Anthony Carter (born August 21, 1984), known professionally as Shy Carter, is an American songwriter, record producer, rapper and singer. He has written for Meghan Trainor, Jason Derulo, Charlie Puth, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, ...
,
Dave Gibson, and
Joe Spargur.
The track was released on March 23, 2017, as the first single from McGraw and Hill's first ever duets album,
[ '']The Rest of Our Life
''The Rest of Our Life'' is the first collaborative album by American country music artists as well as husband and wife, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. It was released on November 17, 2017, by Arista Nashville. While the album marks McGraw's fifteent ...
''. McGraw and Hill performed the song live for the first time at the Academy of Country Music Awards
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held April 2, 2017. The song is also featured in the couple's '' Soul2Soul: The World Tour'' set list.
As of June 2017, the song has sold 200,000+ copies in the United States. According to Billboard
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, the song got 12.7 million first-week audience impressions.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
2017 songs
2017 singles
Tim McGraw songs
Faith Hill songs
Arista Nashville singles
Songs written by Shy Carter
Songs written by Joe London
Song recordings produced by Byron Gallimore
Song recordings produced by Tim McGraw
Male–female vocal duets
Songs written by Dave Gibson (Scottish singer-songwriter)
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