"Kiss Me When I'm Down" is a song written by Andrew Dorff,

Josh Kear Josh Kear is a Nashville-based songwriter signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing. In 2007, he cowrote Carrie Underwood’s hit "Before He Cheats" with Chris Tompkins. The song spent five weeks at the top of the charts. His song "Drinking Class", pe ...

, and

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and recorded by American

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singer

Gary Allan Gary Allan Herzberg (born December 5, 1967) is an American country music singer. Signed to Decca Records in 1996, Allan made his country music debut with the release of his single " Her Man", the lead-off to his gold-certified debut album '' U ...

. It was released in September 2010 as the third and final single from Allan's 2010 album ''

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Critical reception

Stormy Lewis of Roughstock calls the song “Another brilliant song to add to the cannon of amazing Gary Allan singles,” and gave it a five out of five star rating.Lewis, Stormy
"Gary Allan-Kiss Me When I'm Down"
. ''Roughstock''.

Jim Malec Jim Malec is an American journalist and pop music critic known for writing about country music. Malec attended State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, where he worked as an editor for the college's student newspaper and was involved in a cen ...

of American Noise says that the lyrics are “Great. Not good, great,” and says the song “Deserves every single bit of acclaim and attention it will receive,” and gives the song a thumbs up.Malec, Jim.
Gary Allan-"Kiss Me When I'm Down"
''American Noise''

Chart performance

References

{{authority control Songs about kissing 2010 singles 2010 songs Country ballads 2010s ballads Gary Allan songs Songs written by Josh Kear Songs written by Chris Tompkins MCA Nashville Records singles Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer) Songs written by Andrew Dorff Song recordings produced by Greg Droman MCA Records singles