"Farmer's Daughter" is the title of a song written by Marv Green, Rhett Akins

Rhett Akins

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, and Ben Hayslip

Ben Hayslip

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 and recorded by American

United States

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 country music artist Rodney Atkins

Rodney Atkins

Rodney Allan Atkins is an American country music artist. Signed to Curb Records in 1996, he charted his first single on the Billboard country chart that year, but did not release an album until 2003's Honesty, which included the number 4 hit "Honesty ".If You're Going Through Hell, his second...

. It is the fourth single from Rodney Atkins' third studio album It's America

It's America

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, available beginning with the June 2010 re-issue as a bonus track. The song is also included as an album cut on Atkins' 2011 album Take a Back Road

Take a Back Road

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Background and writing

Co-writer Rhett Akins told The Boot, "This was the first time the three of us had ever gotten together to write. Marv came in with the idea. All he really had was the hook of the song: 'just when I thought it couldn't get no hotter, I caught a glimpse of the farmer's daughter.' Ben and I jumped all over it. We thought it was awesome."

Critical reception

Jim Malec of The 9513 gave the song a thumbs-down review. His review criticized the song's story for "being so obvious that it seems hardly worth telling."

Chart performance

"Farmer's Daughter" debuted at #96 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of July 10, 2010.
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Chart (2010)	Peak position