I'm Still a Guy

"I'm Still a Guy" is a song written by Lee Thomas Miller, and co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in March 2008 as the fourth single from his album 5th Gear. As with the other three singles from that album, "I'm Still a Guy" reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

Content

"I'm Still a Guy" is a mid-tempo set in triple meter, written by Paisley along with Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller. In the song, the narrator explains to his female companion that he is "still a guy" despite his companion's attempts to correct his stereotypical behavior and society's attempts to apply feminine traits to men.^[1]

Paisley said that his intention was to "capture this struggle a little bit between men and women in a playful way".^[1]

Initially, Paisley was not certain if a female audience would accept the song, so he sang it to his wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley - who was pregnant at the time - straight after writing it at his co-writer and friend, Kelley Lovelace's, house. According to Miller, she "laughed long and hard at all the right places".^[1] Just hours later, while back at Lovelace's house, he found out his wife's water had broken - Lovelace's words to him as he ran out of the door were "Don't forget the last song you wrote before you became a father!"^[2]

Reception

Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a B- rating. Coyne says that while the song would be great to create energy at a concert, it "lacks the strength to be a viable radio single. Instead, it sounds more like a ditty rather than a substantive song." ^[3]

Music video

There were 2 videos released for this song, but both of them were live. The 1st version was from the 2008 CMT Music Awards. Hank Williams, Jr. sang the 2nd verse, & more afterwards here. The 2nd version, released to GAC, was an acoustic performance taken from his August 2007 GAC special, "Brad Paisley: 5th Gear." The GAC video for, "Ticks," was also taken from this special. In the special, he sings, "Ticks," right after this song.

Personnel

Randle Currie - steel guitar
Eric Darken - percussion
Kevin "Swine" Grantt - bass guitar
Wes Hightower - background vocals
Gary Hooker - electric guitar
Gordon Mote - piano, music box
Brad Paisley - lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Ben Sesar - drums
Justin Williamson - fiddle

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 48 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated March 8, 2008, moving up to number 28 the next week. It climbed to Number One on the country chart dated May 31, 2008, and stayed there for three weeks, giving Paisley his seventh consecutive Number One single and eleventh overall.^[1]

Chart (2008)	Peak Position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[4]	54
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	33
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	10

Preceded by "Just Got Started Lovin' You" by James Otto	Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single May 31—June 14, 2008	Succeeded by "Last Name" by Carrie Underwood

Certifications


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)^[8]	Platinum	1,000,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

1 2 3 4 Horner, Alanna (2008-06-30). "Story Behind the Song". Country Weekly 15 (13): 13. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04lp3ww
↑ Coyne, Kevin John (2008-02-19). "Brad Paisley - "I'm Still a Guy"". Country Universe. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
↑ "Brad Paisley – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Brad Paisley. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
↑ "Brad Paisley – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Brad Paisley. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
↑ "Brad Paisley – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Brad Paisley. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
↑ "Best of 2008: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2008. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
↑ "American single certifications – Brad Paisley – I'm Still a Guy". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 31, 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Brad Paisley singles

Who Needs Pictures	"Who Needs Pictures" "He Didn't Have to Be" "Me Neither" "We Danced"

Part II	"Two People Fell in Love" "Wrapped Around" "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" "I Wish You'd Stay"

Mud on the Tires	"Celebrity" "Little Moments" "Whiskey Lullaby" (with Alison Krauss) "Mud on the Tires"

Time Well Wasted	"Alcohol" "When I Get Where I'm Going" (with Dolly Parton) "The World" "She's Everything"

5th Gear	"Ticks" "Online" "Letter to Me" "I'm Still a Guy" "Waitin' on a Woman"

Play	"Start a Band" (with Keith Urban)

American Saturday Night	"Then" "Welcome to the Future" "American Saturday Night" "Water"

Hits Alive	"Anything Like Me"

This Is Country Music	"This Is Country Music" "Old Alabama" (with Alabama) "Remind Me" (with Carrie Underwood) "Camouflage"

Wheelhouse	"Southern Comfort Zone" "Beat This Summer" "I Can't Change the World" "The Mona Lisa"

Moonshine in the Trunk	"River Bank" "Perfect Storm" "Crushin' It" "Country Nation"

Other songs	"Is It Raining at Your House" "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" "Everything and All" (with Randy Travis) "Accidental Racist" (with LL Cool J)

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