After celebrating his recent chart-topping success with “Friday Night,” Eric Paslay has released his new single, “Song About a Girl,” from his self-titled debut album. He co-wrote the tune with Jessi Alexander and Gordie Sampson, which explains that most, if not all, songs are about a girl. 

“At least for most guy writers in country music, it’s a song about a girl. The first lines of the song, ‘This ain’t about tailgates, ain’t about bonfires, ain’t about souped up cars, water towers and drowning a bottle of Jack.’ That’s all things that everybody loves,” says Eric. “The fun thing is there’s nothing sexy about a tailgate, unless your baby is sitting in it. There’s nothing sexy about a bonfire, unless your girl is glowing in it. And I sure don’t think a water tower is sexy unless my girlfriend’s name is written on it…it was just fun writing that song about thinking about not clichés, but in a way, you always talk about these things and it’s all because of the girl.”

He’ll be performing several songs from his debut album when he hits the road on Brantley Gilbert’s Let it Ride Tour, kicking off March 27th in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

Eric Paslay (Song About a Girl) OC: …shake it with. 1:20
“‘Song About a Girl’ — Jessi Alexander came in with that idea and [we] wrote it with Gordie Sampson. We were just sitting there and just saying that everything we write – Jessi has written tons of songs. Gordie has written tons of songs. They’re both great artists, and I’ve written my share of songs, and we’re just like ‘You know what? They’re all about girls,’ at least for most guy writers in country music, it’s a song about a girl. The first lines of the song, ‘This ain’t about tailgates, ain’t about bonfires, ain’t about souped up cars, water towers and drowning a bottle of Jack.’ That’s all things that everybody loves. And it was just kind of a thing of what can we get to make people go, ‘Huh? What do you say?’ And the fun thing is there’s nothing sexy about a tailgate, unless your babe is sitting in it. There’s nothing sexy about a bonfire unless your girl is glowing in it. And I sure don’t think a water tower is sexy unless my girlfriend’s name is written on it, or if you’re getting over your babe in a bottle of Jack. But it was just fun writing that song about thinking about not clichés, but in a way you always talk about these things and it’s all because of the girl. ‘Every time don’t think too hard, dig too deep or read between the lines, it’s a song about a girl.’ And as a songwriter and as a singer I love singing that song because it’s smart, it’s fun and it’s easy to hold your baby’s hand and shake it with.”