William Matthew "Billy" Currington (born November 19, 1973) is an American singer and songwriter.

Signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2003, he has released six studio albums for the label: 2003's Billy Currington, 2005's Doin' Somethin' Right, 2008's Little Bit of Everything, 2010's Enjoy Yourself, 2013's We Are Tonight, and 2015's Summer Forever.

These six albums have produced seventeen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, including nine No. 1 hits "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right", "Good Directions", "People Are Crazy", "That's How Country Boys Roll", "Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer", "Let Me Down Easy", "Hey Girl", "We Are Tonight" and "Don't It". He has also charted as a duet partner on Shania Twain's single "Party for Two" and his own non-album single "Tangled Up", for a total of seventeen top 40 hits.

Early life and career

Billy Currington was born in Savannah, Georgia, raised in Rincon, Georgia, and currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He has four sisters (Lexie, Ann, Kim, and Kellie) and two brothers (Charles and Jason). When he was one and a half years old, his mother, Donna, married Laurie (Larry) Currington, whose surname Billy adopted.

Billy Currington is the first solo album by country singer Billy Currington. Released in 2003 on Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced the singles "Walk a Little Straighter" and "I Got a Feelin'", both of which were Top Ten hits for Currington on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. "Ain't What It Used to Be" was later recorded by Megan Mullins, whose version was released as a single in 2006. Currington co-wrote all but one of the songs on the album.

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Chart performance

"Hey Girl" is a song written by Rhett Akins, Chris DeStefano and Ashley Gorley and recorded by American country music artist Billy Currington. It was released in March 2013 as the first single from his fifth studio album We Are Tonight. The song became a number one hit on the Country Airplay chart, his seventh one on that chart, and peaked at number 5 and 39 on the Hot Country Songs and Billboard Hot 100 charts respectively.

Content

The song has the male narrator making advances on a female, saying that "the only line [he] can think to say is 'Hey, girl.'" It is in a moderate tempo, in cut time. It uses the E-flat dorian scale (i.e., an E-flat minor scale with the sixth tone raised by a semitone), with a main chord pattern of E♭m-G♭-D♭-A♭.

Reception

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song three and a half stars out of five, writing that "layers of electric guitar and a lengthy (by country radio standards) solo before the bridge add unnecessary distractions, but ultimately Currington’s satisfying delivery brings back a delectable groove." Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song three and a half stars out of five, saying that "while completely reminding me of those great hook-filled mid/late 1980s adult pop songs melodically, 'Hey Girl' still features a strong vocal and fiddle and steel guitars that are audible more than one might expect." Ben Foster of Country Universe gave the song a C grade, writing that it "has some infectious guitar work going for it, but it’s not enough to elevate the song beyond what it is – regular dime-a-dozen radio filler with a total lack of a lyrical hook."

Hey Girl may refer to:

"Hey Girl" is a song by Delays, released as a single on 21 July 2003. It reached #40 in the UK Singles Chart and was the first release by the band to hit the Top Forty.

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All songs written by Greg Gilbert unless otherwise stated.

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Hey Girl is an American weekly half-hour sketch comedy television series that aired on MTV. It was developed by Daniel Powell and Jessi Klein, and stars JC Coccolli, Daniella Pineda, Esther Povitsky, Ali Wong, Emily Axford, Laura Willcox, Shelby Fero, Sasheer Zamata, and Wendy McColm. It aired on Sundays at 9pm, first in a "sneak peek" airing of four episodes on July 28, 2013, and then with an official premiere on October 27, 2013, with new episodes at 9pm and 9:30pm. The show was pulled from the broadcast schedule after the second week, having aired eight episodes. Four additional episodes were gradually released at MTV.com in February and March 2014.

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