# Rednecker

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"**Rednecker**" (stylized in all caps) is the debut single by American [country music](/source/Country_music) singer [Hardy](/source/Hardy_(singer)). It was released on March 4, 2019[1] as the lead single from his 2018 debut EP *This Ole Boy*.

## Background

In an interview with The Boot, Hardy explained the song's origin.[3]

Jordan Schmidt and Andy [Albert] and I were sitting off in a corner, and we were laughing about something. One of the guys said, "I'm rednecker than you". We were just going on and on about something stupid and kept saying that.

There's a thing with songwriters, where, if somebody says something either profound or very unique, and they say it loud enough to hear -- if you're in a room with a bunch of songwriters, you'll always catch another person looking around to see if anybody heard it. It's a really funny thing. So anyway, we kinda laughed, and then we all got real serious for a second, and we were like, "Oh s--t, we need to go write that, right now".

## Music video

The music video, directed by Justin Clough, was shot on a farm in [Cottontown, Tennessee](/source/Cottontown,_Tennessee) and features some of Hardy's songwriting collaborators: Brett Tyler, Joe Clemmons and Benjy Davis. The group was able to relax and have a fun day just being buddies and hanging out. Their day consisted of mudding, mattress surfing via his jacked-up 4x4, shooting catfish in a lake, paintballing, shotgunning Busch Lights and putting "a little more spit in (his) chaw", contest style.[4]

## Charts

### Weekly charts

Chart (2019) Peak position

### Year-end charts

Chart (2019) Position US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 63

## References

1. ["Future releases for Country Radio"](https://www.allaccess.com/country/future-releases). All Access. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190224065726/https://www.allaccess.com/country/future-releases) February 24, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 16, 2020.

1. ["Get to Know: Newcomer Hardy"](https://www.onecountry.com/country-music/newcomer-hardy-rednecker-michael/). *onecountry.com*. Retrieved May 9, 2020.

1. Liptak, Carena (April 30, 2019). ["Story Behind the Song: Hardy, ‘Rednecker’"](https://theboot.com/hardy-rednecker-lyrics/). *theboot.com*. Retrieved May 9, 2020.

1. ["Hardy Brings the Party With ‘Rednecker’ Music Video"](https://tasteofcountry.com/hardy-rednecker-music-video/). *tasteofcountry.com*. Retrieved May 9, 2020.

1. ["Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2019"](https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/hot-country-songs). *Billboard*. Retrieved May 9, 2020.

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