Used to Love You Sober
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"Used to Love You Sober" is a song recorded by American bro-country artist Kane Brown. It was released on October 21, 2015. The song is written by Kane Brown together with Josh Hoge and Matt McVaney.
Background
In 2014, Kane Brown began to post videos of his covers of songs by various country singers on social media where he gained a following. On September 30, 2015, he posted his cover of George Strait's "Check Yes or No" on Facebook,[5] which went viral and received over 7 million views.[6] The number of his followers on Facebook reached over a million in a short time. Brown followed this up quickly on October 8, 2015 by releasing a clip of a teaser for his own single "Used to Love You Sober". The clip received one million views in under three hours,[6] and reached over 11 million views two weeks later.[7]
On October 21, 2015 on his birthday, the single "Used To Love You Sober" was released. The song was spotlighted on Zane Lowe's iTunes radio station Beats 1.[1]
Content
The song describes someone at the breakup of a relationship, and how the only he can get his love off my mind is by drinking alcohol, that being drunk is the only way he doesn't feel like he's still in love anymore.[8]
Commercial reception
The song was released on the sixth day of the weekly chart tracking period, and based on just two days of sales, it debuted at No. 2 on the Country Digital Songs, No. 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, and the No. 22 on Hot Country Songs charts, with 38,000 copies sold.[9][10] The release of the single help pushed his EP Closer up the chart to No. 22 on Top Album Sales.[11] In its second week it sold a further 46,000 copies,[12] and it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 82.[13][14] As of November 2015, the song has sold 84,000 downloads.[15]
Chart performance
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[16] | 82 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[17] | 15 |
References
- ^ a b Brian Cantor. "Emerging country star Kane Brown makes a sudden -- and significant -- splash on the iTunes single sales chart". Headline Planet.
- ^ "Used to Love You Sober - Single". ITunes. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
- ^ "Kane Brown". Facebook.
- ^ http://sendusmusic.com/2015/10/14/kane-brown-releases-highly-anticipated-first-single/
- ^ Steve Gazibara. "He May Not Look "Country" But Wait Until You Hear This Voice". Whiskey Riff.
- ^ a b "Brown is the New Black". Hits Daily Double. October 8, 2015.
- ^ Keith Caulfield (October 23, 2015). "Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Indie Country Singer Kane Brown Breaks Into Top 40". Billboard.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (October 22, 2015). "Single Review: Kane Brown "Used To Love You Sober"". Roughstock.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (October 27, 2015). "Top 30 Digital Singles: October 27, 2015". Roughstock.
- ^ Cantor, Brian (October 27, 2015). "Kane Brown's "Used To Love You Sober" debuts on Bubbling Under Hot 100". Headline Planet.
- ^ Gary Trust (October 28, 2015). "Drake Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Artist 100; Demi Lovato & Pentatonix Surge". Billboard.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (November 2, 2015). "Top 30 Digital Singles: November 2, 2015". Roughstock.
- ^ "The Hot 100: November 17, 2015". Billboard.
- ^ Brian Cantor (November 3, 2015). "Hot 100: Panic! At The Disco, Kane Brown, Gwen Stefani, Kelsea Ballerini Score Debuts This Week". Headline Planet.
- ^ http://www.roughstock.com, Roughstock -. "Top 30 Digital Singles: November 2, 2015 | RoughStock". RoughStock. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ^ "Kane Brown Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Kane Brown Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.