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]

"You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl"
Single by Brooks & Dunn
from the album Red Dirt Road
ReleasedSeptember 15, 2003
Recorded2003
GenreCountry
Length3:41
LabelArista Nashville
Songwriter(s)Bob DiPiero
Bart Allmand
Producer(s)Kix Brooks
Ronnie Dunn
Mark Wright
Brooks & Dunn singles chronology
"Red Dirt Road"
(2003)		 "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl"
(2003)		 "That's What She Gets for Loving Me"
(2004)

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Salomon, and features actress Marilu Henner as the mother of the bride. Filmed in Los Angeles over two days, it begins with a plane touching down beneath the Hollywood sign (except it reads "HonkyTonk" instead of "Hollywood"). The duo are performing the song with their band in front of the sign, with blue strobe lights illuminating the sky. The rest of the video visually retells the song's lyrics, with various subtitles displaying certain aspects of the plot. 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, as mentioned in the third verse. It ends with a postscript reading "Dedicated to All Wild Women".

Ronnie Dunn wears a Johnny Cash shirt in the video. Although Dunn had not intended the shirt to be worn as a tribute, Cash died three days before the single's release.

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


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