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"If She Wants This Town" is a song recorded by Canadian country music duo Autumn Hill for their debut studio album, Favourite Mistake (2013). The song was written by Pete Sallis, Kris Bergsnes, and Emily Shackleton. It was made available to country radio in January 2014 and was official promoted April 7, 2014 via Wax Records as the fourth single from the album.

Content
"If She Wants This Town" is a country song about leaving the past behind and moving on, with lyrics playing off archetypes of small-town life such as the "one stop light".

Critical and commerical reception
Multiple country radio stations and music blogs listed "If She Wants This Town" in their year-end best country songs lists for 2014. It was ranked 70th by 93.3 Country, 85th by KX 94.7, and in an un-ordered Top 50 by Top Country.

It was the tenth most-downloaded song in Canada for the week of February 10, 2014, according to DMDS, though it failed to enter the Canadian Hot 100. "If She Wants This Town" debuted on the Billboard Canada Country airplay chart at number 49 for the week of March 8, 2014 and reached its peak position of 24 the week of April 5, 2014.

Music video
No music video was filmed for "If She Wants This Town", but the duo did release an official lyric video on Feburary 5, 2014 that features video clips submitted by fans and friends, including fellow Canadian country singers Kira Isabella and Jake Mathews. Autumn Hill deliberately set out to make a personal connection with the fans through the video, with duo member Tareya Green explaining to student newspaper The Brunswikian that "seeing people responding to your songs in such a personal way is one of the most rewarding parts of being an artist."