Lookin' for That Girl

"Lookin' for That Girl" is a song recorded by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in January 2014 as the first single from his second studio album for Big Machine Records, Sundown Heaven Town.^[1] The single was still rising the charts when Big Machine Records pulled it so that McGraw's next single, "Meanwhile Back at Mama's", could be released.

History

Co-writer James T. Slater told Roughstock that the idea came when writing with Mark Irwin, who suggested that the two write with Chris Tompkins. Slater said that he had an idea that "wasn't really fitting anything" when Tompkins played a loop on a drum machine and came up with the song's title.^[2]

Two mixes of the song exist: the original mix and an "A.M. Radio" remix, which reduces the heavy Auto-Tune used throughout the song.^[3]

Critical reception

Giving it a "C", Joseph Hudak of Country Weekly said that "sonically, it recalls slow-rolling '90s Southern rap" but that "it's jarring in nearly every other way." He criticized the "electronic framework" and the lack of a country sound, as well as McGraw's "clipped" performance, and said that the lyrics were "slapdash, and if we're honest, a little too youthful for one of country's elder statesmen."^[4] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the original mix of the song 2.5 stars out of 5, criticizing the use of Auto-Tune on the chorus but saying that the song was "likeable enough"; he gave the "A.M. Radio" remix 3 out of 5 stars.^[3]

In an editorial for The Boot, Sterling Whitaker observed that many fans on Twitter and Taste of Country have criticized the song for its hip hop-styled production and Auto-Tune.^[5]

Music video

The music video was directed by Sophie Muller and premiered on March 14, 2014.^[6]

Chart performance

The song entered the Country Airplay chart at No. 46 for chart dated February 1, 2014, and No. 10 on the Country Digital Songs two weeks later at No. 10. It spent 7 weeks on the Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart before debuting on Billboard Hot 100 at No. 96 for chart dated April 5, 2014. The song has sold 217,000 copies in the U.S. as of April 2014.^[7]

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[8]	47
Canada Country (Billboard)^[9]	30
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	85
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[11]	15
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[12]	18

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)	Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[13]	87
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[14]	82

References

↑ Dukes, Billy (April 3, 2014). "Tim McGraw Announces ‘Sundown Heaven Town’ Album". Taste of Country. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
↑ Conaway, Alanna (20 January 2014). "Story Behind the Song: Tim McGraw "Lookin' For That Girl"". Roughstock. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Bjorke, Matt (13 January 2014). "Single Review: Tim McGraw - Lookin' For That Girl". Roughstock. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
↑ Hudak, Joseph (17 February 2014). "Reviews: Tim McGraw — 'Lookin' for That Girl'". Country Weekly 21 (7): 51. ISSN 1074-3235.
↑ Whitaker, Sterling (19 January 2014). "Country Chameleon: The Ever-Changing Music of Tim McGraw". The Boot. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
↑ "CMT : Videos : Tim McGraw : Lookin' for That Girl". Country Music Television. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
↑ Matt Bjorke (April 30, 2014). "Country Chart News - The Top 30 Digital Singles - April 30, 2014: More Gold And Platinum News". Roughstock.
↑ "Tim McGraw Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Tim McGraw.
↑ "Tim McGraw Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Canada Country for Tim McGraw.
↑ "Tim McGraw Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Tim McGraw.
↑ "Tim McGraw Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Country Airplay for Tim McGraw.
↑ "Tim McGraw Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Tim McGraw.
↑ "Billboard Country Update for December 15, 2014" (PDF). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 15, 2014. p. 17. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
↑ "Best of 2014: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.

Tim McGraw singles

Discography

Tim McGraw	"Welcome to the Club" "Memory Lane" "Two Steppin' Mind"

Not a Moment Too Soon	"Indian Outlaw" "Don't Take the Girl" "Down on the Farm" "Not a Moment Too Soon" "Refried Dreams"

All I Want	"I Like It, I Love It" "Can't Be Really Gone" "All I Want Is a Life" "She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart" "Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It"

Everywhere	"It's Your Love" (with Faith Hill) "Everywhere" "Just to See You Smile" "One of These Days" "Where the Green Grass Grows" "For a Little While"

A Place in the Sun	"Please Remember Me" "Something Like That" "My Best Friend" "Some Things Never Change" "My Next Thirty Years"

Set This Circus Down	"Grown Men Don't Cry" "Angry All the Time" "The Cowboy in Me" "Unbroken"

Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors	"Red Rag Top" "Tiny Dancer" "She's My Kind of Rain" "Real Good Man" "Watch the Wind Blow By"

Live Like You Were Dying	"Live Like You Were Dying" "Back When" "Drugs or Jesus" "Do You Want Fries with That" "My Old Friend"

Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2	"When the Stars Go Blue" "My Little Girl"

Let It Go	"Last Dollar (Fly Away)" "I Need You" (with Faith Hill) "If You're Reading This" "Suspicions" "Kristofferson" "Let It Go" "Nothin' to Die For"

Southern Voice	"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You" "Southern Voice" "Still"

Number One Hits	"Felt Good on My Lips"

Country Strong soundtrack	"Me and Tennessee" (with Gwyneth Paltrow)

Emotional Traffic	"Better Than I Used to Be" "Right Back Atcha Babe"

Two Lanes of Freedom	"Truck Yeah" "One of Those Nights" "Highway Don't Care" (with Taylor Swift) "Southern Girl"

Tim McGraw & Friends	"Twisted" (with Colt Ford)

Sundown Heaven Town	"Lookin' for That Girl" "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" (with Faith Hill) "Shotgun Rider" "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" (with Catherine Dunn)

Guest singles	"Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" (with Faith Hill) "Let's Make Love" (with Faith Hill) "Bring On the Rain" (with Jo Dee Messina) "Over and Over" (with Nelly) "Like We Never Loved at All" (with Faith Hill) "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" (with Tracy Lawrence and Kenny Chesney) "Nine Lives" (with Def Leppard) "Feel Like a Rock Star" (with Kenny Chesney)