"Lookin' for a Good Time" is a song recorded by American

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trio

Lady A Lady A (formerly known as Lady Antebellum) is an American country music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2006. The group is composed of Hillary Scott (lead and background vocals), Charles Kelley (lead and background vocals, guitar), ...

ntebellum. It was released on June 9, 2008, as the second single from their self-titled debut studio album, as well as their second top 20 hit on the ''

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'' country chart. The song was co-written by the trio's three members;

Hillary Scott Hillary Dawn Scott-Tyrrell (born April 1, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter. She is the co-lead singer of Lady A, previously known as Lady Antebellum, a country music group that was formed in 2006, and is signed to Big Machine Records ...

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

Dave Haywood David Wesley Haywood (born July 5, 1982) is an American country musician and songwriter. He is one-third of the American country music band Lady A, in which he plays guitar, piano and mandolin, and sings backing vocals. Early life Haywood's fat ...

along with

Keith Follesé Keith Follesé (born 1951 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American songwriter and co-founder of Midas Records Nashville. Early in his career, Follesé recorded with his wife, Adrienne, on A&M Records. They never released an album, and moved t ...

, and it features lead vocals from both Scott and Kelley.

Critical reception

"Lookin' for a Good Time" received a "thumbs up" review from the country music site Engine 145. Although reviewer Matt C. called the storyline "fairly pedestrian" and said that the producers " idtheir best to ruin" the song, he also made note of Kelley's "distinctive, husky voice" and the alternating lead vocals, adding "I’m not likely to confuse this group with any other artist on country radio." The song was also distributed as a downloadable song in the game ''

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'' for the

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Music video

The music video was directed by

Chris Hicky Chris Hicky is a writer/director from Forrest City, Arkansas, United States, best known for directing many of Keith Urban's videos. Hicky has also directed videos for many other artists in the country music genre, including Dierks Bentley, Mad ...

. The video shows the band performing the song on a TV show and is set in the 1950/60's based on the band and audience's clothes. One difference between the video and the album version of the song is, in the video they sing "would you get the wrong impression if I asked you to dance right now" instead of "would you get the wrong impression if I called us a cab right now".

Credits and Personnel

The following musicians perform on this track: *

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– drums, tambourine * Larry Franklin – fiddle *Jason "Slim" Gambill – electric guitar *

– acoustic guitar, background vocals *

– lead vocals *Rob McNelley – electric guitar *Michael Rojas –

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– lead vocals *

Paul Worley Paul Worley (born February 16, 1950 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American record producer and session guitarist, known primarily for his work in country music. Formerly a vice president at Sony BMG, he later joined the staff of Warner Bros. Re ...

– electric guitar *Craig Young – bass guitar

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 60 on the U.S. ''

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chart dated June 21, 2008 and peaked at number 11 in December 2008.

Awards and nominations

*2010

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: CMT Performance of the Year, "Lookin' For a Good Time" from the 2009 CMT Music Awards, ''Nominated''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lookin For A Good Time 2008 singles 2008 songs Lady A songs Song recordings produced by Paul Worley Songs written by Keith Follesé Songs written by Dave Haywood Songs written by Charles Kelley Songs written by Hillary Scott Music videos directed by Chris Hicky Capitol Records Nashville singles