 "The Little Girl" reached number one on the "Billboard" country chart in late 2000, holding the position for three weeks.It was Montgomery's seventh number-one hit and first since "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" in 1995.The song also reached number one on the "RPM" country singles chart in Canada, and was that publication's last country number-one hit as "RPM" closed in November 2000.