"American Country Love Song" is a song by American country music artist Jake Owen. It is the first single from his fifth studio album for RCA Nashville, American Love. The song acts as a celebration for the various kinds of love being made in America.
"American Country Love Song" gave Owen his sixth number-one country hit on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. It also reached numbers 6 and 55 on both the Hot Country Songs and Hot 100 charts respectively. The song was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has sold 351,000 units in that country as of September 2016. It received similar chart success in Canada, peaking at number 2 on the Country chart and number 88 on the Canadian Hot 100. It garnered a Gold certification from Music Canada, denoting sales of 40,000 units in that country.
The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Jeff Venable.
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Content
The song is a list that "celebrates quintessential ideas of love". In the verses, Owen "speak-sings" in a manner that The Boot compared to Shawn Mullins' "Lullaby", while the "anthemic chorus" features steel guitar and a "drum-heavy arrangement".
Owen told Nash Country Weekly magazine that ""I think my fans have come to expect a certain kind of music from me; songs that are fun, energetic and just make you feel good. 'American Country Love Song' has the feeling of freedom and being young and adventurous...The single is a broad-spectrum glance in a three-minute song that describes a couple of kids living that American country love song...[b]ut, it's also a much larger celebration of the love story that is America itself, from cowboys and cowgirls to cheerleaders and quarterbacks in small towns and big cities."
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Reception
Critical reception
An uncredited review from Taste of Country was favorable, saying that Owen's "storytelling has become more nuanced" while praising the production and lyrics.
Commercial
The song debuted at No. 33 on Country Airplay for chart dated March 19, 2016, and debuted at No. 18 on the Hot Country Songs the following week. The song was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 6, 2016, and has sold 351,000 copies in the United States as of September 2016.
Music video
The music video was directed by Jeff Venable and premiered in April 2016.
Charts and certifications
See also
- List of number-one country singles of 2016 (U.S.)
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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