Kick a Little (song)

"Kick a Little" is a song by American country music group Little Texas. It was released in August 1994 as the first single and title track from their album of the same name. It was their tenth single overall, and has become one of their signature songs. It was written by the band's chief songwriters: lead guitarist Porter Howell, guitarist Dwayne O'Brien and keyboardist and vocalist Brady Seals. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and #4 on the Canadian RPM country tracks chart.

Content
"Kick a Little" is an up-tempo country rock song sung by former lead singer Tim Rushlow. Like Aaron Tippin's debut single "You've Got to Stand for Something", the song's narrator imparts the words of his father, who was never the first to fight but was always willing to stand up for what he believed or to defend his family.

Music video
The music video for "Kick a Little" was directed by Jon Small and premiered on CMT on August 20, 1994. The video is a live performance that was filmed at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The performance takes place on an empty stage as the band plays in the middle of a tornado. The video opens with a shot of gray clouds and wind, and then pans to a heavyset man (played by actor Ron Lester) in a red cap with "Jr." written on it. As the song begins, the band is seen performing on the empty stage while being bombarded with debris. During the guitar solo, a strong tornado breaks down the door, and the heavyset man carries a rubber chicken on stage with him as the band continues to play while being pelted with even more debris. After the song ends, a skinny man says, "Man, that Texas twister sho' can kick!" and the heavyset man is seen being lifted into the air from the skinny man kicking his foot. This was also the band's last music video to feature keyboardist Brady Seals, who was a founding member of the band from 1988 to 1994.

Charts
"Kick a Little" debuted at number 68 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 27, 1994.