Genre Country Label Open Road | Length 3:15 | |
Released March 14, 2011 (2011-03-14) Format CD single, Music download Writer(s) Dean Brody, Moke Cameron | ||
"People Know You by Your First Name" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Dean Brody. It was released in March 2011 as the fourth single to his 2010 album Trail in Life. The song reached No. 93 on the Canadian Hot 100 in June 2011.
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Content
"People Know You by Your First Name" is a song that chronicles small town life and the people who live there. The narrator states that people in the town know you by what type of pickup truck you drive and what you did the night before.
Reception
Roughstock critic Matt Bjorke said that the "lyrics are tight and the chorus fits right." He goes on to call the song, "a slice of modern country music which could’ve been a big hit in America had it been on Brody’s first album." He compares the song to Justin Moore's "Small Town USA" but said that Brody's song feels "more universal" and "worldly."
Music video
The music video was directed by Jeth Weinrich and premiered in March 2011. It was filmed in the Colorado Desert in California and features the Adolfo Camarillo High School football team.