Parking Lot Party

"Parking Lot Party"
Single by Lee Brice
from the album Hard 2 Love
ReleasedMay 13, 2013 (2013-05-13)
Recorded2013
GenreCountry
Length
  • 3:27 (album version)
  • 3:05 (radio edit)
LabelCurb
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Lee Brice
  • Jon Stone
Lee Brice singles chronology
"I Drive Your Truck"
(2012) 		"Parking Lot Party"
(2013) 		"I Don't Dance"
(2014)

"Parking Lot Party" is song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Lee Brice. It was released in May 2013 as the fourth single from his 2012 album Hard 2 Love. The song was written by Brice, Rhett Akins, Thomas Rhett and Luke Laird.

Content

The song is an up-tempo about a male partying with his friends before a concert. The album version of the song contains an introduction from syndicated radio show hosts Big D and Bubba.

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave it 2.5 stars out of 5, saying that "'Parking Lot Party' is a good (but not great) party song, a subgenre that rarely gets top ratings anyway. Phony crowd effects only obfuscate a simple song, and this jam would be better without that addition."[1] Giving it 4 out of 5 stars, Bobby Peacock of Roughstock said that " The production is loud, but in a rockin' kind of way that adds energy...and Brice's rough-edged vocal is full of charm."[2]

Chart and certifications

The song has sold 519,000 copies in the US as of January 2014.[3] As of January 15, 2014, "Parking Lot Party" is Brice's fourth consecutive single, and his fifth total, to be certified Gold or higher by the RIAA.[4]

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[5] 79
Canada Country (Billboard)[6] 8
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 62
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[8] 6
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[10] 5
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[11] 40

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[12] Gold 40,000*
United States (RIAA)[13] Platinum 1,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Lee Brice, ‘Parking Lot Party’ – Song Review
  2. ^ Single Review: Lee Brice - Parking Lot Party | Country Music Reviews, Taylor Swift to Lady Antebellum | Roughstock.com Archived 2013-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Bjorke, Matt (2013-01-08). "Country Chart News - The Top 30 Digital Singles - January 8, 2014: Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Cole Swindell, Cassadee Pope, Scotty McCreery". Roughstock. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014.
  4. ^ "American single certifications – Lee Brice". Recording Industry Association of America.
  5. ^ "Lee Brice Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Lee Brice Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Lee Brice Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Lee Brice Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Lee Brice Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Best of 2013: Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  11. ^ "Best of 2013: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  12. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Lee Brice – Parking Lot Party". Music Canada. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  13. ^ "American single certifications – Lee Brice – Parking Lot Party". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 27, 2020.