Girl (Maren Morris song)

"Girl" is a song recorded by American country music singer Maren Morris for her second studio album of the same name. Morris co-wrote the song with Sarah Aarons and its producer Greg Kurstin. It was released to American country radio on January 18, 2019 through Columbia Nashville as the album's first single. The song has been certified platinum in the United States and double platinum in Canada.

"Girl"
Single by Maren Morris
from the album Girl
Released	January 18, 2019 (2019-01-18)
Genre	Country pop
Length	4:10
Label	Columbia Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Maren Morris Greg Kurstin Sarah Aarons
Producer(s)	Greg Kurstin
Maren Morris singles chronology
"Seeing Blind" (2018) "Girl" (2019) "The Bones" (2019)
Music video
"Girl" on YouTube

Music video

The music video was directed by Dave Meyers and premiered on CMT, GAC and Vevo in January 2019. It begins and ends with Morris giving a spoken-word monologue about what it means to be a girl, and is interspersed with footage of Morris performing on stage, and various anonymous women going through hardships in life, as well Morris being critiqued by male music executive.^[1][2]

Commercial performance

"Girl" reached a peak of number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart dated August 3, 2019.^[3] It is the singer's third single to reach the top of the Country Airplay chart, and it was also the first solo female song to lead the chart in over a year, since Kelsea Ballerini's "Legends" in February 2018. The following week, it fell to number 13, making it the first song to fall out of the top 10 from number one since Shania Twain's "You Win My Love" fell from number 1 to number 11 in 1996.

The song was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 17, 2019, and Platinum later the same year on October 10 for one million units in combined sales and streams.^[4] It has sold 155,000 copies in the United States as of December 2019.^[5]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[6]

• Maren Morris – vocals, backing vocals, songwriter
• Greg Kurstin – producer, songwriter, drums
• Sarah Aarons – songwriter

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] 84 Canada Country (Billboard)[8] 5 US Billboard Hot 100[9] 44 US Country Airplay (Billboard)[10] 1 US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[11] 8 US Rolling Stone Top 100[12] 70

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position US Country Airplay (Billboard)[13] 26 US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[14] 16 US Rolling Stone Top 100[15] 96

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[16]	2× Platinum	160,000‡
United States (RIAA)[4]	Platinum	1,000,000‡ / 155,000[5]
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Various	January 18, 2019	Digital download streaming	Columbia Nashville

References

1. "Maren Morris Discusses 'Bringing 'GIRL' To Life' With Director Dave Meyers: We Made It 'Accessible'". Hollywood Life. February 7, 2019.
2. Hudak, Joseph (January 24, 2019). "Watch Maren Morris Lead a Women's March in New 'Girl' Video". Rolling Stone.
3. "Country Airplay chart for August 3, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
4. "American single certifications – Maren Morris – Girl". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
5. Bjorke, Matt (December 2, 2019). "Top 30 Digital Country Songs: December 2, 2019". Rough Stock. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
6. "Try the TIDAL Web Player". listen.tidal.com. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
7. "Maren Morris Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
8. "Maren Morris Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
9. "Maren Morris Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
10. "Maren Morris Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
11. "Maren Morris Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
12. "Top 100 Songs". Rolling Stone. August 2, 2019. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
13. "Country Airplay – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
14. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
15. "Top 100 Songs of 2019". Rolling Stone. January 10, 2020. Archived from the original on March 7, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
16. "Canadian single certifications – Maren Morris – Girl". Music Canada. Retrieved November 20, 2022.