Daily Digital Download: Little Big Town 'Girl Crush' [VIDEO]

"Girl Crush" was recorded by Little Big Town and was released in December 2014 as the second single from their sixth studio album, Pain Killer.
"Girl Crush" is about a girl obsessing over another girl because that girl stole her lover. As CMT's Alison Bonaguro says, "it's more about wanting to taste her lips in order to taste him and to drown in her perfume, to have her long blond hair — and so on — all in an effort to get him back". Bonaguro also adds, "On the other hand, it could also be about a girl obsessing over the girl who is with the man that she wants but has never had. That mystery is unclear, which only adds to the allure of this song".

Lori McKenna said that when she presented the idea to co-writer Liz Rose, that Rose disliked the idea at first, but that Rose changed her mind after hearing the first verse that Hillary Lindsey had written. Group members Kimberly Schlapman and Karen Fairchild heard the song and asked that it be saved for them.

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country states,

"Karen Fairchild's lead on Little Big Town's new single 'Girl Crush' may be the best vocal performance of the year. Her anguish drives through you like a steam engine, and afterward she's nothing but a puff of white smoke barely holding on to existence". Dukes adds, "listen to the song on repeat and find yourself exhausted … in the best possible way" and "mass homogeny on the radio makes it seem impossible to create a sound or write a song that's truly unique. It's as if all the good ideas have been used up. Little Big Town prove this is not the case on each album they release. In fact, they usually do it two or three times".

I will admit, the first time I heard the song I was a little skeptical, somewhat like Liz Rose, but if you listen to the words they all make sense. And, if you have ever been in that situation you can totally relate to how the woman in the song is feeling. I made that mistake one time in my life. I was upset over a cheating boyfriend and, looking back on it now, I can't believe how stupid I was in trying to get him back. Good riddance!

Daily Digital Download: Little Big Town ‘Girl Crush’ [VIDEO]