19 and Crazy
"19 and Crazy" | ||||
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Single by Bomshel | ||||
from the album Fight Like a Girl | ||||
Released | September 28, 2009 | |||
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CD Single Music download | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:55 | |||
Label | Curb | |||
Writer(s) |
Mark Irwin Josh Kear Kristy Osmunson Kelley Shepard | |||
Producer(s) | Mark Irwin, Josh Kear, Kristy Osmunson[1] | |||
Bomshel singles chronology | ||||
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"19 and Crazy" is a song recorded by American country music duo Bomshel. It was released in September 2009 as third single from their debut album Fight Like a Girl. Kelley Shepard and Kristy Osmunson, who comprise Bomshel, co-wrote the song with Mark Irwin and Josh Kear. Osmunson, Kear, and Irwin also produced the track.
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.[2]
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."[3] 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."[2]
Music video
The video wad directed by Eric Welch, and features the duo on their touring.
Chart performance
"19 and Crazy" debuted at number 55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated October 3, 2009.[4] On the chart dated November 7, 2009, it became Bomshel's second consecutive Top 40 country hit. It peaked at number 33 in December 2009.
Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 33 |
References
- ↑ Fight Like a Girl (CD booklet). Bomshel. Curb Records. 2009. 78946.
- 1 2 Bobby Peacock (2009-11-02). "Bomshel — "19 and Crazy"". Roughstock. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
- ↑ Coyne, Kevin (2009-09-20). "Bomshel - "19 and Crazy"". Country Universe. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ↑ Morris, Edward (2009-09-26). "Justin Moore's "Small Town USA" Tops Country Songs Chart, Taylor Swift CD Returns to No. 1". CMT.com. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ↑ "Bomshel – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Bomshel.