When Boy Meets Girl

"When Boy Meets Girl"
Single by Terri Clark
from the album Terri Clark
B-side "Flowers After the Fact"[1]
Released October 31, 1995
Genre Country
Length 3:01
Label Mercury
Writer(s) Terri Clark
Tom Shapiro
Chris Waters
Producer(s) Keith Stegall
Chris Waters
Terri Clark singles chronology
"Better Things to Do"
(1995)		 "When Boy Meets Girl"
(1995)		 "If I Were You"
(1996)

"When Boy Meets Girl" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It as released in October 1995 as the second single from her album Terri Clark. The song reached #3 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in February 1996[2] and #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[3] It was written by Clark, Tom Shapiro and Chris Waters.

Content

The song is about the changes brought about in a young man's life "when boy meets girl."

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Clark's "gutsy twang and the sharp production prowess of Keith Stegall and Chris Waters makes this a solid follow-up and another potential smash for Clark."[4]

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Merriman and premiered in October 1995.

Chart performance

"When Boy Meets Girl" debuted at number 75 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 28, 1995.

Chart (1995–1996) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 3
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[6] 22
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8] 29
US Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 65

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 95–96. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. ↑ RPM Country Tracks
  3. ↑ Terri Clark Chart History
  4. ↑ Billboard, October 28, 1995
  5. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2875." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. February 5, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Terri Clark – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Terri Clark.
  7. ↑ "Terri Clark – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Terri Clark.
  8. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Best of 1996: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
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