Boondocks (song)

"Boondocks"
Single by Little Big Town
from the album The Road to Here
Released May 2, 2005 [1]
Format CD single
Recorded 2005
Genre Country
Length 4:32 (album version)
Label Equity
Writer(s) Karen Fairchild
Wayne Kirkpatrick
Kimberly Roads
Phillip Sweet
Jimi Westbrook
Producer Wayne Kirkpatrick
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Little Big Town singles chronology
"Everything Changes"
(2002)		 "Boondocks"
(2005)		 "Bring It On Home"
(2006)
Music video
"Boondocks" at CMT.com

"Boondocks" is the title of a song song released by American country music group Little Big Town. It was released in May 2005 as the first single released from their album The Road to Here; in addition, it became their first Top 10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.[2]

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Background and writing

Originally, the song was titled "Waiting For the Sun to Go Down". According to Karen Fairchild, one of the group's members, "When we wrote it, it just wasn't there... We kind of set it aside for a few days and then Wayne [Kirkpatrick, one of the song's co-writers] came back."[3] The group later decided on turning the song into a Southern anthem, at which point Kirkpatrick suggested "I'm born and raised in the boondocks". (The line "waiting for the sun to go down" was transferred to "Bones", another song on the band's album.)[3]

Content

"Boondocks" is an up-tempo song whose main theme is of rural pride ("I feel no shame, I'm proud of where I came from / I was born and raised in the boondocks"). In the song, all four of the group's members trade off lead and harmony vocals, with all four members singing in various combinations throughout. Jerry Douglas plays Dobro.

Music video

A music video, directed by Roger Pistole, was released for the song. The music video was filmed in Watertown, Tennessee.

The video topped CMT's Top Twenty Countdown for the week of January 26, 2006.

Chart performance

"Boondocks" debuted at #59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of June 4, 2005.

Chart (2005-2006) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 46
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 9

References

  1. ^ AngryCountry.com - Little Big Town Releasing New Single
  2. ^ toledoblade.com - Better Days for Little Big Town
  3. ^ a b Little Big Town follows 'the road to here', December 2005
  4. ^ "Little Big Town Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Little Big Town. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
  5. ^ "Little Big Town Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Country Songs for Little Big Town. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
Little Big Town
Karen Fairchild · Kimberly Roads Schlapman · Phillip Sweet · Jimi Westbrook
Studio albums
Singles
"Don't Waste My Time" · "Everything Changes" · "Boondocks" · "Bring It On Home" · "Good as Gone" · "A Little More You" · "I'm with the Band" · "Fine Line" · "Good Lord Willing" · "Little White Church" · "Kiss Goodbye" · "The Reason Why"
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