Hometown Girl (song)

"Hometown Girl" is a song recorded by American country music artist Josh Turner. It was released in May 2016 as the second single from his sixth studio album, Deep South.^[2] The song was written by Marc Beeson and Daniel Tashian.^[3]

"Hometown Girl"
Single by Josh Turner
from the album Deep South
Released	May 31, 2016[1]
Recorded	2016
Genre	Country
Length	3:36
Label	MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Marc Beeson Daniel Tashian
Producer(s)	Kenny Greenberg
Josh Turner singles chronology
"Lay Low" (2014) "Hometown Girl" (2016) "All About You" (2017)

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Monaco recorded in Live and acoustic and premiered on CMT, GAC & VEVO in 2016.

Critical reception

The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart dated May 6, 2017, making it Turner's first top 10 single since "Time Is Love" in 2012.^[4]

Commercial performance

The song has sold 238,000 copies in the United States as of May 2017.^[5] It was certified Platinum on April 23, 2018 for a million units in sales and streams.^[6]

Chart performance

Chart (2016–2017)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100[7]	56
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[8]	2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)	Position
Canada Country (Billboard)[10]	42
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[11]	30
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[12]	38

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[6]	2× Platinum	2,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.