"19 and Crazy" is a song recorded by American

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. It was released in September 2009 as the third single from their debut album '' Fight Like a Girl''. Kelley Shepard and Kristy Osmunson, who comprise Bomshel, co-wrote the song with

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. Osmunson, Kear, and Irwin also produced the track.

Content

"19 and Crazy" is an up-tempo country song that centralizes on its female narrator, who states a desire to retain the lifestyles of her late teenage years.

Critical reception

Kevin J. Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B rating. He stated that "the song has an incessant driving beat that straddles the fence between urgency and just plain annoyingly fast." Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave a positive review, saying that it was similar in theme to

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" but adding, "it's tempered by a sense of maturity by the opening stanza, where she realizes she ��ight tell her children not to do all of the crazy things that she did."

Music video

The video was directed by Eric Welch, and features the duo on their touring.

Chart performance

"19 and Crazy" debuted at number 55 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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chart dated October 3, 2009. On the chart dated November 7, 2009, it became Bomshel's second consecutive Top 40 country hit. It peaked at number 33 in December 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:19 And Crazy 2009 singles Bomshel songs Songs written by Josh Kear Songs written by Mark Irwin (songwriter) Curb Records singles 2009 songs