The City Put the Country Back in Me
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"The City Put the Country Back in Me" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Neal McCoy
. It was released in August 1994 as the third single from his album No Doubt About It
. The song reached number 5 on the U.S. Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
chart and number 11 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.
magazine reviewed the song, calling it a "lightweight effort, a sassy brassy tale oa a lad who finds the best of country life in a city honky-tonk."
and New Jersey
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Neal McCoy
Hubert Neal McGaughey, Jr. is an American country music singer of mixed Irish and Filipino descent. Known professionally as Neal McCoy, he has released ten studio albums on various labels, and has released 34 singles to country radio...
. It was released in August 1994 as the third single from his album No Doubt About It
No Doubt About It (album)
No Doubt About It is the third studio album by American country music artist Neal McCoy. Released in 1994, it is considered his breakthrough album, and has been certified platinum in the United States...
. The song reached number 5 on the U.S. Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart and number 11 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, of BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
magazine reviewed the song, calling it a "lightweight effort, a sassy brassy tale oa a lad who finds the best of country life in a city honky-tonk."
Music video
The music video was directed by Martin Kahan and premiered in late 1994. It was filmed in New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
and features a prominent display of the former World Trade Center Towers.
Chart performance
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 5 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 11 |