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This essay, ‘Booty Call Songs’ On The Rise At Country Radio, was written by Phyllis Stark for Radio-Info.com's Programming & Music column.
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‘Booty Call Songs’ On The Rise At Country Radio
There are enough sexy songs getting played on country radio right now to warrant a “booty call song” category in stations’ music scheduling software.
That’s because the latest burgeoning trend in country music seems to be songs with overtly sexual themes. And while country radio stations are known to quickly edit songs with potentially offensive language, such as the “ass” reference in the chorus of the Zac Brown Band’s “Toes,” the most interesting thing about this new crop of sexually-themed songs is that so many of them are becoming consensus hits, completely unencumbered by radio edits.
Current examples include Chris Young’s recent No. 1 hit “Getting You Home (The Black Dress Song),” plus Lady Antebellum’s (pictured) “Need You Now” and Dierks Bentley’s “I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes.” Other recent examples (of both hits and non-hits) cited by radio programmers are: Lee Ann Womack’s “Last Call,” Whitney Duncan’s “Skinny Dippin’,” Lady Antebellum’s “Lookin’ For A Good Time,” Keith Urban’s “Kiss A Girl,” and Jake Owen’s “Eight Second Ride.”
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About the Writer
Veteran entertainment journalist Phyllis Stark is Executive Editor of Country Music at Radio-Info.com and author of the company's twice-weekly Stark Country newsletter. She is also a freelance writer whose work appears regularly on MSN and numerous other publications and sites. She authors MSN's music blog, One Country.
