"Kiss Somebody" is a song recorded by Australian

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singer Morgan Evans and was released on 21 July 2017 as the lead single from his fourth EP '' Morgan Evans EP'' and second studio album '' Things That We Drink To''. It peaked at number 53 on the

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. It was also Evans' first single to be released to country radio in the United States, where it reached the top three on the ''Billboard''

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and top 20 on the

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charts. At the

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, the song won the award for Country Work of the Year.

Background and release

In May 2017, Evans signed a record deal with Warner Music Nashville. Prior to the song's release, Evans said "I'm so excited. I feel like it's something I've been working on for the last 3 years. I met a guy—almost 2 years ago—named

Chris DeStefano Christopher Michael DeStefano is a Grammy Award-winning American singer/songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist currently living in Nashville. As a songwriter, he has multiple #1 songs with artists Carrie Underwood ( “Good Girl ...

. We met at a writing camp in Australia and we decided that we needed to make a record together. And over the course of the last year and a half we've written a bunch of songs and one very special one, "Kiss Somebody", with a man named

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. Two of the best dudes you’ll ever meet."

Music video

The music video was directed by Jeff Venable and premiered on CMT,

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, CMC and

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in 2017.

Critical reception

"Kiss Somebody" peaked at No. 53 on the

, No. 1 on the related Hitseeker Singles, No. 16 on Digital Tracks, No. 4 on Australian Artists Singles and No. 7 on Streaming charts. Amy McCartney from The Boot called it "an upbeat, addictively optimistic track", adding "The radio-friendly, pop-tinged song is all about spontaneous romance". Taylor Weatherby of ''Billboard'' called it "a lighthearted love song."

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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