You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl

"You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" is a song written by Bob DiPiero and Bart Allmand, and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in September 2003 as the second single from their album Red Dirt Road. It reached number 3 in early 2004.^[1]

Music video

The music video features a woman (named Connie), who doesn't like to wear shoes and is always walking without them. The music video was directed by Michael Salomon. While the lyrics to the song imply that Connie ran off with the groom, the music video shows Connie dressed as the bride with the real bride and groom having eloped to Cancun.

Chart positions

"You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of September 20, 2003.

Chart (2003–2004)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	3
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	39

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	43

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 57.
↑ "Brooks & Dunn – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Brooks & Dunn.
↑ "Brooks & Dunn – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Brooks & Dunn.
↑ "Best of 2004: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2004. Retrieved July 11, 2012.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Brooks & Dunn singles

Brand New Man	"Brand New Man" "My Next Broken Heart" "Neon Moon" "Boot Scootin' Boogie" "Lost and Found"

Hard Workin' Man	"Hard Workin' Man" "We'll Burn That Bridge" "She Used to Be Mine" "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" "That Ain't No Way to Go"

Waitin' on Sundown	"She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" "I'll Never Forgive My Heart" "Little Miss Honky Tonk" "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" "Whiskey Under the Bridge"

Borderline	"My Maria" "I Am That Man" "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing" "A Man This Lonely" "Why Would I Say Goodbye"

The Greatest Hits Collection	"Honky Tonk Truth" "He's Got You"

If You See Her	"If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Reba McEntire) "How Long Gone" "Husbands and Wives" "I Can't Get Over You" "South of Santa Fe"

Tight Rope	"Missing You" "Beer Thirty" "You'll Always Be Loved by Me"

Steers & Stripes	"Ain't Nothing 'bout You" "Only in America" "The Long Goodbye" "My Heart Is Lost to You" "Every River"

Red Dirt Road	"Red Dirt Road" "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" "That's What She Gets for Loving Me"

The Greatest Hits Collection II	"That's What It's All About" "It's Getting Better All the Time"

Hillbilly Deluxe	"Play Something Country" "Believe" "Building Bridges" (with Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill) "Hillbilly Deluxe"

Cowboy Town	"Proud of the House We Built" "God Must Be Busy" "Put a Girl in It" "Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Reba McEntire)

#1s... and Then Some	"Indian Summer" "Honky Tonk Stomp" (with Billy Gibbons)

See also	Discography

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