"Hillbilly Shoes" is the title of a song recorded by 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...

 duo Montgomery Gentry

Montgomery Gentry

Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,...

. It was released in February 1999 as their debut single and the lead-off single to their 1999 debut album Tattoos & Scars

Tattoos & Scars

Tattoos & Scars is the first album by country music duo Montgomery Gentry, released in 1999 on Columbia Records Nashville...

. It peaked at #13 in the United States, and #7 in Canada. It was written by Bobby Taylor, Mike Geiger, and Woody Mullis.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard

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magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "high-energy brand of traditional country blended with loads of outlaw attitude." She goes on to say that the song has an "absolutely infectious guitar riff, sassy sawing fiddles, and Gentry's high-octane lead vocal."

Chart positions

"Hillbilly Shoes" debuted at number 70 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 13, 1999.

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	7