19 and Crazy

"19 and Crazy"
Single by Bomshel
from the album Fight Like a Girl
Released September 28, 2009
Format CD Single
Music download
Genre Country
Length 3:55
Label Curb
Writer(s) Mark Irwin
Josh Kear
Kristy Osmunson
Kelley Shepard
Producer Chuck Howard
Bomshel singles chronology
"Fight Like a Girl"
(2009)
"19 and Crazy"
(2009)
"Just Fine"
(2010)

"19 and Crazy" is the title of a country music song recorded by American country music duo Bomshel, recorded on its debut album Fight Like a Girl, from which it was released as the second single. Kelley Shepard and Kristy Osmunson, who comprise Bomshel, co-wrote the song with Mark Irwin and Josh Kear.

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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.[1]

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."[2] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave a positive review, saying that it was similar in theme to Mark Wills' "19 Somethin'" but adding, "it's tempered by a sense of maturity by the opening stanza, where she realizes she[…]might tell her children not to do all of the crazy things that she did."

Music video

The video wad directed by Eric Welch, and features the duo on their touring. You see behind the scenes, as well as the actual concert.

Chart performance

"19 and Crazy" debuted at #55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated October 3, 2009.[3] On the chart dated November 7, 2009, it became Bomshel's second consecutive Top 40 country hit. It peaked at #33 in December 2009.

Chart (2009) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs 33

References