Hicktown

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“Hicktown”
Single by Jason Aldean from the album Jason Aldean
Released	2005
Format	CD single
Recorded	2005
Genre	Country
Length	5:06 (album version) 3:35 (radio edit)
Label	Broken Bow
Writer(s)	Big Kenny, John Rich, Vicky McGehee
Producer	Michael Knox
Jason Aldean singles chronology
"Hicktown" (2005) "Why" (2006)

"Hicktown" is the debut single of American country music artist Jason Aldean. The single was also Aldean's first Top 10 hit, reaching a peak of #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in late 2005.

Co-written by Big & Rich, "Hicktown" is one of many country songs that boast of Southern culture and the like:

Well you can see the neighbor's butt crack, nailing on his shingles

And his woman’s smokin’ Pall Mall’s, watchin’ Laura Ingalls

And Granny’s getting’ lit, she’s headin’ out to bingo

Yeah my buddies and me are goin’ muddin’, down on Blue Hole Road

"Hicktown" has become Aldean's signature song, with souvenir vanity plates naming it sold at appearances. The song typically closes out Aldean's concert set, with elongated instrumental parts, Aldean banging on cymbals, and several false endings.

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	68