I Got the Boy

"I Got the Boy" is a song recorded by American country music artist Jana Kramer.

The song, written by Connie Harrington, Tim Nichols, and Jamie Lynn Spears,[1] is about a woman reminiscing and discussing the differences about a former lover from her youth, in terms of appearance and character.

The song was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has sold 592,000 copies in the United States as of April 2016.

The narrator discusses the differences in appearance and character of the boy she knew, as opposed to the man who grew mature enough to marry.

Kramer said she "started bawling" when producer Scott Hendricks played the demo for her, because it closely reflected her relationship with a high school sweetheart about whom she had been trying to write a song without success.