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{{infobox single
|Name = American Honey
|Cover = Ladyaamericanhoney.jpg
|Artist = [[Lady Antebellum]]
|Album = [[Need You Now]]
|Released = {{start date|2010|01|11}}
|Format = [[CD single]]<br>[[Music download]]
|Genre = [[Country music|Country]]
|Length = 3:44
|Label = [[Capitol Records Nashville|Capitol Nashville]]
|Writer = Cary Barlowe<br>[[Hillary Lindsey]]<br>Shane Stevens
|Producer = Lady Antebellum<br>[[Paul Worley]]
|Last single = "[[Need You Now (song)|Need You Now]]" <br />(2009)
|This single = "'''American Honey'''" <br />(2010)
|Next single = "[[Our Kind of Love]]" <br />(2010)
| Misc =
{{External music video|{{YouTube|Tzzr7RbzUTs|"American Honey"}}
}}
}}
"'''American Honey'''" is the title of a song written by Cary Barlowe, [[Hillary Lindsey]] and Shane Stevens. It was recorded by the American [[country music]] group [[Lady Antebellum]], who released it on January 11, 2010 as the second single from its second studio album, ''[[Need You Now]]''. The group's fifth single overall, it debuted on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] charts dated for January 2, 2010. The song is part of the track listing to ''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 34 (U.S. series)|Now That's What I Call Music! 34]]''.
==Content==
The song's female narrator, lead singer [[Hillary Scott (singer)|Hillary Scott]], states a desire to escape her adult lifestyle and return to her childhood, which is described in the lyrics as "American honey."<ref name="roughstock"/> It is in [[D major]], with an approximate tempo of 84 [[beats per minute]]. It uses [[DADGAD]] or Celtic guitar tuning, with a pattern of D-Bm7-G-Em-D on the verses, and G-D-Bm7-A three times on the chorus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0081305&|title="American Honey" sheet music|work=Musicnotes.com|accessdate=23 October 2011}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
The song received mainly negative reviews. Matt Bjorke of Roughstock stated that "after one listen [he doesn't] see how this single can fail," but criticized the production by saying that he thought the [[drum machine]] was too loud.<ref name="roughstock">{{cite web|url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/lady-antebellum-american-honey-/|title=Lady Antebellum American Honey|publisher=Roughstock|accessdate=17 January 2010}}</ref> Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a D rating, saying that the "song isn't sung well" and "certainly not interesting enough to warrant suffering through the painful mediocrity of the lead vocal."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countryuniverse.net/2010/01/13/review-lady-antebellum-american-honey/|title=Review of American Honey|publisher=Country Universe|accessdate=17 January 2010}}</ref> The 9513 reviewer Blake Boldt gave it a thumbs-down, referring to the lyric as "a lazy depiction of a chaste young lass chasing after a fuzzy memory" and calling Scott's vocal "sad and pensive and the slightest bit off-pitch against a distracting drumbeat."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the9513.com/lady-antebellum-american-honey/|title=Lady Antebellum — "American Honey"|last=Boldt|first=Blake|date=2010-01-18|work=The 9513|accessdate=2010-01-21}}</ref>
==Chart performance==
"American Honey" debuted at #47 on the U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart for the week of January 2, 2010, before its initial release date of January 11, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/chart-highlights-country-dance-club-play-1004054789.story|title=Chart Highlights: Country, Dance/Club Play Songs & More|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)]]|accessdate=2009-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicrow.com/calendars-2/single-releases/|title=Single Releases : MusicRow|publisher=MusicRow|accessdate=2009-12-21}}</ref> It has also become their third #1 hit, as well as their third consecutive. It has been certified platinum for sales exceeding 1,000,000 units.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=American%20Honey&artist=Lady%20Antebellum&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2011&sort=Artist&perPage=25|title =RIAA Searchable Database|publisher =[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|accessdate =2011-04-14}}</ref>
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!align="center"|Peak <br/> position
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{{s-bef | before="[[Highway 20 Ride]]" <br>by [[Zac Brown Band]]}}
{{s-ttl | title=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] <br />[[List of number-one country hits of 2010 (U.S.)|number-one single]]
|years=April 24-May 1, 2010}}
{{s-aft | after="[[Gimmie That Girl]]" <br />by [[Joe Nichols]]}}
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==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Lady Antebellum}}
[[Category:2010 singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles]]
[[Category:Lady Antebellum songs]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by Trey Fanjoy]]
[[Category:Songs produced by Paul Worley]]
[[Category:Songs written by Hillary Lindsey]]
[[Category:Singles certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America]]
[[Category:Country ballads]]
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