# Country Man
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{{Infobox song
| name = Country Man
| cover = Country Man.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [Luke Bryan](/source/Luke_Bryan)
| album = [I'll Stay Me](/source/I'll_Stay_Me)
| released = {{Start date|2008|03|24}}
| recorded = 2006–2007
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [Country](/source/Country_music)
| length = 3:10
| label = [Capitol Nashville](/source/Capitol_Records_Nashville)
| writer = {{hlist|Luke Bryan|Galen Griffin|Patrick Jason Matthews}}
| producer = [Jeff Stevens](/source/Jeff_Stevens_(singer))
| prev_title = [We Rode in Trucks](/source/We_Rode_in_Trucks)
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = [Do I](/source/Do_I)
| next_year = 2009
}}
"'''Country Man'''" is a song co-written and recorded by American [country music](/source/country_music) artist [Luke Bryan](/source/Luke_Bryan). It originally appeared on his 2006 self-titled EP, and was released in March 2008 as the third single from his debut album ''[I'll Stay Me](/source/I'll_Stay_Me)''. The song, like Bryan's previous two singles ("[All My Friends Say](/source/All_My_Friends_Say)" and "[We Rode in Trucks](/source/We_Rode_in_Trucks)"), charted in the top 40 on the ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [Hot Country Songs](/source/Hot_Country_Songs) chart. His second top 10 single, it was the first in a streak of 29 consecutive top 10 singles for Bryan. This streak ended in 2022, when "[Up](/source/Up_(Luke_Bryan_song))" peaked at number 21. It was written by Bryan, Patrick Jason Matthews and Galen Griffin.
==Content==
The song is a moderate up-tempo, accompanied by [fiddle](/source/fiddle) and [guitar](/source/guitar). Its lyrics focus the male narrator, who is describing himself to a female, trying to convince her that she does not need a "city boy", but rather a "country man."[{{cite web |url=http://www.engine145.com/luke-bryan-country-man/ |title=Luke Bryan - "Country Man" |accessdate=2008-07-28 |last=Vercher |first=Brady |date=2008-03-07 |work=Engine 145 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218065030/http://www.engine145.com/luke-bryan-country-man/ |archive-date=2014-12-18 |url-status=usurped }}]
==Critical reception==
''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' reviewer Ken Tucker, who gave ''I'll Stay Me'' a favorable review for its "unapologetically country" sound, described the song as a "down-home romper".[{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3i2530f60f036b288e8a813e5ac444e1ec |title=''I'll Stay Me'' review |accessdate=2008-07-28 |last=Tucker |first=Ken |magazine=Billboard |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601191858/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3i2530f60f036b288e8a813e5ac444e1ec |archivedate=2008-06-01 |url-status=dead }}] [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) critic Thom Jurek referred to it as "line-dance swagger" that was "calculating" but "execute[d] nearly flawlessly".[{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1058579|pure_url=yes}} |title=I'll Stay Me - Overview |accessdate=2008-07-28 |last=Jurek |first=Thom |work=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)}}]
Brady Vercher of ''Engine 145'', however, gave the song a "thumbs down" review, describing it as "mindlessly list[ing] anything that could be superficially associated with being a country man". He also thought that the song posed a risk of typecasting Bryan as "the corporate manufactured country boy image" by following so closely on his debut single "All My Friends Say".[{{cite web |url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=3657 |title=Luke Bryan - ''I'll Stay Me'' |accessdate=2008-08-17 |last=Sudhalter |first=Michael |work=[Country Standard Time](/source/Country_Standard_Time)}}]
==Chart performance==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (2008)
!align="center"|Peak
position
|-
{{single chart|Billboardcanadacountry|28|artist=Luke Bryan||accessdate=June 6, 2020}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|74|artist=Luke Bryan||accessdate=January 29, 2011}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|10|artist=Luke Bryan||accessdate=January 29, 2011}}
|}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2008)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
| US [Country Songs](/source/Hot_Country_Songs) (''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'')[{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2008: Country Songs | magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) | publisher=[Prometheus Global Media](/source/Prometheus_Global_Media) | date=2008| accessdate=December 13, 2008}}]
| align="center" | 40
|}
== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Luke Bryan|title=Country Man|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2008|certyear=2021|accessdate=October 25, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080801235103/http://www.cmt.com/lyrics/luke-bryan/country-man/14697796/lyrics.jhtml "Country Man" lyrics] at [CMT](/source/Country_Music_Television).com
{{Luke Bryan}}
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Category:2008 singles
Category:Luke Bryan songs
Category:Songs written by Luke Bryan
Category:Songs written by Patrick Jason Matthews
Category:Capitol Records Nashville singles
Category:2007 songs
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