"Bonfire" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Craig Morgan. It is the third single released from his 2008 album That's Why

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. It is only available on later presses of the album. The song entered the top 40 on the U.S. country charts in June 2009. It is his sixteenth single release. A Christmas

Christmas

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 version with new lyrics was released on November 24, 2009.

Content

"Bonfire" is an up-tempo with electric guitar

Electric guitar

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 accompaniment. In it, the narrator describes a summertime party around a bonfire

Bonfire

A bonfire is a controlled outdoor fire used for informal disposal of burnable waste material or as part of a celebration. Celebratory bonfires are typically designed to burn quickly and may be very large...

. The partiers are described in the first verse, while the second verse tells of a police officer

Police officer

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 showing up, causing the partiers to hide their beers. The officer then takes a beer himself and states that he "came to hang out / at the bonfire, out in the sticks[…]".

Reception

Andrew Lacy of The 9513 gave the song a thumbs-down rating. He described it as an "annual summer ritual of artists and labels competing to see who can release the most popular anthem by attempting to recapture the fun and flavor of [Morgan's 2005 single] 'Redneck Yacht Club

Redneck Yacht Club

"Redneck Yacht Club" is a song sung by country music singer-songwriter Craig Morgan. The second single released from his CD, My Kind of Livin, it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart...

'." Lacy also said that the lyrics, melody and production were "forgettable", and that the heavy production made Morgan shout instead of sing. Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave a more favorable review. Although he also said that the song was similar in theme to "Redneck Yacht Club", he said that its heavier production made it stand out on the re-released album, and gave it an "exciting" sound.

Chart performance

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