I Got the Boy

"I Got the Boy"
Single by Jana Kramer
from the album Thirty One
Released	March 30, 2015
Format	Digital download
Genre	Country
Length	3:21
Label	Warner Music Nashville
Writer(s)	Connie Harrington Tim Nichols Jamie Lynn Spears
Producer(s)	Scott Hendricks
Jana Kramer singles chronology
"Love" (2014) "I Got the Boy" (2015) "Said No One Ever" (2016)

"I Got the Boy" is a song recorded by American country music artist Jana Kramer. It was released to radio on March 30, 2015 as the second single from her second studio album, Thirty One, which was released on October 9, 2015. The song was written by Connie Harrington, Tim Nichols, and Jamie Lynn Spears.^[1]

Content

In the song, the narrator sees a honeymoon newspaper story about a former lover from her youth. The narrator discusses the differences in appearance and character of the boy she knew, as opposed to the man who grew mature enough to marry. Kramer said she "started bawling" when producer Scott Hendricks played the demo for her, because it closely reflected her relationship with a high school sweetheart about whom she had been trying to write a song without success.^[2]

Commercial performance

The song was released for sale on February 10, 2015, and it debuted at No. 33 on the Hot Country Songs and No. 18 on the Country Digital Songs chart, selling 16,000 copies in its first week.^[3] It debuted on the Country Airplay chart two weeks later at No. 54. It enter the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 92 on chart dated October 31, 2015.^[4] The song was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 30, 2015,^[5] and has sold 528,000 copies in the US as of February 2016.^[6]

Music video

The music video was directed by Kristin Barlowe and premiered in April 2015.^[7]

Chart performance

Chart (2015–16)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8]	85
Canada Country (Billboard)[9]	22
US Billboard Hot 100[10]	56
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[11]	6
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[12]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)	Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[13]	69
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[14]	47

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[5]	Gold	500,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

1. Price, Deborah (April 24, 2015), Jamie Lynn Spears on Sharing Her 'Boy' With Jana Kramer, Rolling Stone, retrieved October 12, 2015
2. Dauphin, Chuck (8 April 2015). "Jana Kramer 'Started Bawling' When She First Heard Latest Single 'I Got the Boy'". Billboard. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
3. Bjorke, Matt (February 19, 2015). "Country Music's Top 30 Digital Singles: Week of February 19, 2015". Roughstock.
4. "Billboard Hot 100: October 31, 2015". Billboard.
5. "American single certifications – Jana Kramer – I Got the Boy". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 31, 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
6. Bjorke, Matt (Feb 16, 2016). "Top 30 Country Singles Chart: Feb 16, 2016". Roughstock.
7. "CMT : Videos : Jana Kramer : I Got the Boy". Country Music Television. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
8. "Jana Kramer – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Jana Kramer.
9. "Jana Kramer – Chart history" Billboard Canada Country for Jana Kramer.
10. "Jana Kramer – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Jana Kramer.
11. "Jana Kramer – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Jana Kramer.
12. "Jana Kramer – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Jana Kramer.
13. "Billboard Country Update for December 14, 2015" (PDF). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 14, 2015. p. 7. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
14. "Best of 2015: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.