Released June 21, 2010 Genre Country Label Capitol Nashville | Format Digital download Length 3:11 | |
Writer(s) Eric Church
Jeff Hyde
Driver Williams | ||
"Smoke a Little Smoke" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Eric Church. It was released in June 2010 as the third single from his album Carolina. It is also the eighth single of his career, and the sixth to reach top 20 on Hot Country Songs. Church wrote the song with Jeff Hyde and Driver Williams.
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Critical reception
Karlie Justus of Engine 145 gave the song a "thumbs-up", saying that it "puts Church’s bravado posturing to good use." She also praised the song's production, saying that it "makes no attempts to temper the song’s spot-on snapshot of trying to lose one’s self[…]in an effort to awkwardly make the project 'country.'" In his review of the album, Slant Magazine reviewer Jonathan Keefe said that the song had "an interesting rhythm track[…]that actually reinforce[s] the tones." Country Standard Time reviewer Jeffrey B. Remz called it a "stark [reminder] that Church is making a valiant attempt to rekindle the outlaw movement."
Music video
Church began filming the song's music video in July 2010. The video includes Church driving vintage cars at Clarksville Speedway, and includes a cameo from NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne. Of the video, Church said that he wanted to "show something[…] that [the fans] haven't seen before." The video was directed by Peter Zavadil.
Chart performance
"Smoke a Little Smoke" first charted in mid-2009 as an album cut, spending one week at number 57 on the Hot Country Songs charts. In June 2010, it re-entered the same chart also at number 57.The song was a minor top 20.