"Barefoot and Crazy" is the title of a song written by Rhett Akins

Rhett Akins

Thomas Rhett Akins Sr. is an American country singer and songwriter. Signed to Decca Records between 1994 and 1997, he released two albums for the label , followed by 1998's What Livin's All About on MCA Nashville. Friday Night in Dixie was released in 2002 on Audium Entertainment...

, Dallas Davidson

Dallas Davidson

Dallas Davidson is an American country music singer-songwriter.Davidson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2004 and joined Broadcast Music Incorporated for performing rights representation and signed a publishing deal with Big Borassa Music, which is administered worldwide by Third Tier Music.Trace...

 and Ben Hayslip

Ben Hayslip

Ben Hayslip is an American country music songwriter. Hayslip attended Evans High School near Augusta, Georgia where he was an All-State first baseman leading the Evans baseball team to the 1988 Georgia state championship...

, and recorded by American country music

Country music

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 artist Jack Ingram

Jack Ingram

Jack Owen Ingram is an American Texas Country artist signed to Big Machine Records, an independent record label. He has released eight studio albums, one extended play, six live albums and eighteen singles. Although active since 1992, Ingram did not reach the U.S. country Top 40 until the late...

. It serves as the second single from his album, Big Dreams & High Hopes

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. In late 2009, the song became Ingram's second Top Ten country hit, reaching #10 on Billboard

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Hot Country Songs

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Rhett Akins

Rhett Akins

Thomas Rhett Akins Sr. is an American country singer and songwriter. Signed to Decca Records between 1994 and 1997, he released two albums for the label , followed by 1998's What Livin's All About on MCA Nashville. Friday Night in Dixie was released in 2002 on Audium Entertainment...

 wrote the song with Dallas Davidson

Dallas Davidson

Dallas Davidson is an American country music singer-songwriter.Davidson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2004 and joined Broadcast Music Incorporated for performing rights representation and signed a publishing deal with Big Borassa Music, which is administered worldwide by Third Tier Music.Trace...

 and Ben Hayslip. While working with them on a song, Akins removed his flip-flops, and made a remark that his feet were interesting. This comment then led to the title "Barefoot and Wild," which later became "Barefoot and Crazy."

The song is an up-tempo with electric guitar

Electric guitar

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 accompaniment. The male narrator tells of wanting to get "barefoot and crazy" with his lover: picking her up in her Chevrolet

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 and partying with her by the water.

Reception

Kevin J. Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a C rating, calling it "virtually indistinguishable from anything you could hear on an oldies station that focuses on eighties light rock." Jonathan Keefe, in his album review for Slant Magazine

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, called the song "a bit too strident an attempt at crafting a summertime radio anthem."

Chart performance

"Barefoot and Crazy" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 chart dated April 4, 2009. In September 2009, the song became Ingram's first Top 10 single on the country chart since "Wherever You Are

Wherever You Are (song)

"Wherever You Are" is a Number One song by American country music artist Jack Ingram. It was Ingram's first Top 40 single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts...

" reached number 1 in 2006.
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Chart (2009)	Peak position