Maren Morrisâ âGirlâ ascended to the top of both the Billboard Country Airplay chart and Mediabase chart this week.
Penned by Maren, Sarah Aarons and Greg Kurstin, who also produced the song, âGirlâ is the lead single and title track from Marenâs 2019 album. The tune features the encouraging chorus: âGirl, donât hang your head low / Donât lose your halo / Everyoneâs gonna be okay, baby, girl.â
âThe story behind my single, âGirl,â started as something I was saying to another woman, like, âWe donât need to be competitive with each other,ââ says Maren. âAnd then I kind of realized that I was talking to myself, like, âI donât need to be so competitive with myself, I am enough.â And it just became a really powerful concept after that point.â
âGirlâ follows Marenâs previous No. 1 hits, âI Could Use a Love Songâ (January 2018) and Thomas Rhettâs âCraving Youâ (July 2017), which featured Maren.
Maren is the first solo female to top the Billboard Country Airplay chart since Kelsea Ballerini in February 2018 with âLegends.â
I donât know what to say except thank you. I wonât even wipe my tears because Iâm proud of them and what this song has done. @TheHighwomen made their debut and GIRL is the number 1 song in the country. We did it. đ„ pic.twitter.com/XA0RFy1PBe
â MAREN MORRIS (@MarenMorris) July 27, 2019