| New to This Town | |
| Cover: | NewtoThisTownSingle.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Kix Brooks featuring Joe Walsh |
| Album: | New to This Town |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Arista Nashville |
| Producer: | Kix Brooks, Jay DeMarcus |
| Chronology: | Kix Brooks |
| Prev Title: | She Does the Walk on By |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | Bring It On Home |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
"New to This Town" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Kix Brooks. It was released in March 2012 as the first single and title track from his album of the same name, the first album released by Brooks after his departure from Brooks & Dunn. It is his first solo chart entry since "Sacred Ground" in 1989. Brooks wrote this song with Terry McBride and Marv Green.
The song is a mid-tempo where the narrator wishes that he were "new to this town" so that he would not have to deal with memories of a former lover. Co-writer Marv Green said that he was inspired to write the song after seeing a U-Haul truck at a café, and thinking about what it would be like to be new to a town.[1] It features Joe Walsh on slide guitar.
Karlie Justus Marlowe of Engine 145 gave the song a "thumbs up", saying that it was an "original take on the small town love narrative", while comparing Brooks' voice to David Nail.[2]
According to Taste of Country, "the singer happens upon a variety of circumstances, which then take place in reverse."[3]