"Til You Can't" is a song by American

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. It was released on October 18, 2021, as the lead single from his eighth studio album '' Human: The Double Album''. The song was written by Ben Stennis and Matt Rogers, and produced by

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. The song won the Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year and Video of the Year at the

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in 2022 and the

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at the

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in 2023.

Content

In a press release, Johnson stated that the song conveys a message of "optimism and focus on perseverance," saying: "In our world today, we could use more positivity."

Music video

The music video was released on October 15, 2021. It includes scenes of "fishing excursions, classic-car rebuilding sessions, family dinners" interspersed with footage of "Johnson delivering a fiery solo performance of the song". Johnson said: "I love the story line in the video. You think it's going in one direction and then suddenly you are surprised at the turn of events. When they sent me the rough edit of the video it was so powerful and brought tears to my eyes. It put into perspective the song that I had been singing for months." The video also won Video of the Year at the

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in 2022.

Commercial performance

Til You Can't" debuted at number 42 on the ''

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chart dated June 26, 2021. After the album was released, it climbed to number 24 on the chart dated October 23, 2021.

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Release history

References

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