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"Sixteen" is a song recorded by American
country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
singer
Thomas Rhett Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...
. He wrote the song with Sean Douglas and Joe Spargur, and co-produced it with
Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...
and
Jesse Frasure Jesse Vernon Frasure (born September 18, 1981), also known as DJ Telemitry, is an American music publisher, record producer, songwriter, and DJ. Biography A Detroit native, Frasure (DJ Telemitry), now lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wif ...
. It is the fifth single from Rhett's third studio album, '' Life Changes''.


Content

The song is a look at biographical milestones in the male narrator's life, focusing particularly on those occurring at the age of sixteen, eighteen, twenty-one and twenty-five. In each verse, the narrator is at a certain point in his life, wishing to be slightly older. Rhett said that he wrote the song when he was 25, and that it was one of the first he wrote for the ''Life Changes'' album. He also said that it was integral to the formation of the album, telling ''The Boot'' that "It was the first one that I really fell in love with. Then, I started to get in a room with y co-writers for the album and we really just started to shape ''Life Changes'' around all these different vibes, to make sure it was all really cohesive but every song still sounded fresh."


Commercial performance

The song reached number one on ''Billboard''s Country Airplay chart dated January 26, 2019. It has sold 108,000 copies in the United States as of March 2019.


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2017 songs 2018 singles Thomas Rhett songs Songs written by Thomas Rhett Songs written by Joe London Songs written by Sean Douglas (songwriter) Song recordings produced by Dann Huff Big Machine Records singles {{2010s-country-song-stub