"For a Boy" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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artist

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. It was released to radio on March 23, 2015. RaeLynn wrote the song with Laura Veltz.

History

RaeLynn told ''

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'' that "I wrote it about this dinner date I went on, and this guy was super transparent with me and kinda wore his heart on his sleeve…You know, guys always wanna be macho and that kinda thing, so I had this idea of 'for a boy, this guy's pretty transparent and cool.'"

Critical reception

Giving it a "C", Kevin John Coyne of ''Country Universe'' wrote that "She’s simply too green for me to take seriously her low level of expectations for both genders. 'For a Boy' is decently constructed, has a production that recalls

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, and she sings it just fine."

Music video

The music video was directed by

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and premiered in May 2015.

Chart performance

The song debuted on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at No. 15, selling 27,000 copies in the US on its debut week. The song peaked at #58 becoming her lowest charting single to date. The song has sold 77,000 copies in the United States as of July 2015.

References

2015 singles 2015 songs RaeLynn songs Big Machine Records singles Song recordings produced by Joey Moi Music videos directed by TK McKamy Songs written by Laura Veltz {{2010s-country-song-stub