Parking Lot Party

"Parking Lot Party"
Single by Lee Brice
from the album Hard 2 Love
Released May 13, 2013 (2013-05-13)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2013
Genre Bro-country
Length 3:27
Label Curb
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Lee Brice
  • Jon Stone
Lee Brice singles chronology
"I Drive Your Truck"
(2012)		 "Parking Lot Party"
(2013)		 "I Don't Dance"
(2014)

"Parking Lot Party" is song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Lee Brice. It was released in May 2013 as the fourth single from his 2012 album Hard 2 Love.

Content

The song is an up-tempo about a male partying with his friends before a concert. The album version of the song contains an introduction from syndicated radio show hosts Big D and Bubba.

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave it 2.5 stars out of 5, saying that "'Parking Lot Party' is a good (but not great) party song, a subgenre that rarely gets top ratings anyway. Phony crowd effects only obfuscate a simple song, and this jam would be better without that addition."[1] Giving it 4 out of 5 stars, Bobby Peacock of Roughstock said that " The production is loud, but in a rockin' kind of way that adds energy…and Brice's rough-edged vocal is full of charm."[2] Keepitcountrykids declared the song a disaster, citing the lyric "Ain't no party like the pre-party and after the party is the after party" as a lyrical atrocity. "The melody isn't catchy, and the chorus seems to stagger and stumble its way to the finish."[3]

Chart and certifications

The song has sold 519,000 copies in the US as of January 2014.[4] As of January 15, 2014, "Parking Lot Party" is Brice's fourth consecutive single, and his fifth total, to be certified Gold or higher by the RIAA.[5]

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] 79
Canada Country (Billboard)[8] 8
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 62
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[10] 6
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[11] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[12] 5
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[13] 40

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[14] Gold 40,000
United States (RIAA)[6] Gold 519,000[4]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Lee Brice, ‘Parking Lot Party’ – Song Review
  2. ↑ Single Review: Lee Brice - Parking Lot Party | Country Music Reviews, Taylor Swift to Lady Antebellum | Roughstock.com
  3. ↑ "5 Worst Songs of 2013". Keep It Country Kids.
  4. 1 2 Bjorke, Matt (2013-01-08). "Country Chart News - The Top 30 Digital Singles - January 8, 2014: Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Cole Swindell, Cassadee Pope, Scotty McCreery". Roughstock.
  5. ↑ US: Gold[6]
  6. 1 2 "American single certifications – Lee Brice – Parking Lot Party". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  7. ↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Lee Brice.
  8. ↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Billboard Canada Country for Lee Brice.
  9. ↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Lee Brice.
  10. ↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Lee Brice.
  11. ↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Lee Brice.
  12. ↑ "Best of 2013: Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Best of 2013: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Lee Brice – Parking Lot Party". Music Canada. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
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