"Georgia Clay" is a song written by

Josh Kelley Joshua Bishop Kelley Sr. (born January 30, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter. Kelley has recorded for Hollywood Records, Threshold Records and DNK Records as a pop rock artist. His songs "Amazing" and "Only You" reached the top ten on the ...

Charles Kelley Charles Burgess Kelley (born September 11, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter and lead singer and founding member of the country music trio Lady A, which was formed in 2006 and are signed to Big Machine Records. Early life and career Kelle ...

and Clint Lagerberg. It was recorded by Josh Kelley and released in August 2010 as the first single and title track from his debut country album ''

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''.

Critical reception

Matt Bjorke of ''Roughstock'' gave the song four stars of five, calling it an "immediate, universal earworm that fans will love to hear on the radio." Dan Milliken, reviewing the song for ''Country Universe'', gave it a C−, describing it as "the most generic sort of high school nostalgia." Daryl Addison of

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reviewed the song favorably, saying that "Kelley’s slight southern drawl is completely at home here."

Chart performance

"Georgia Clay" debuted at number 50 on the U.S. '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart for the week of September 4, 2010.

Year-end charts

References

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