Released July 13, 1998 Length 3:21 | Genre Country Label Curb | |
Writer(s) Jess Leary
Craig Wiseman Producer(s) Byron Gallimore
Tim McGraw
James Stroud | ||
"Where the Green Grass Grows" is a song written by Craig Wiseman and Jess Leary, and performed by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in July 1998 as the fifth single from McGraw's Everywhere album. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart and peaked at number seventy-nine on the Hot 100. It also reached number one on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
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Content
This song states the narrator's desire to leave the big city and go back out into the country "where the green grass grows".
Critical reception
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade, saying it is "tightly produced, with an instantly recognizable opening fiddle." He went on to say that the lyrics are "cleverly constructed" and "brilliantly contrasted."