"Kiss Somebody" is a song recorded by Australian
country music
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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
''Morgan Evans EP'' is the third extended play by Australian country music singer Morgan Evans. The EP was produced by Chris DeStefano, and was released on 10 August 2018.
Track listing
Personnel
*Chris DeStefano - banjo, bass guitar, drums, ...
'' and second studio album ''
Things That We Drink To''. It peaked at number 53 on the
ARIA Singles Chart
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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''
Country Airplay
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This chart lists the 60 most-listened-to records played on 150 mainstream country radio stations across the country as monitored ...
and top 20 on the
Hot Country Songs
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...
charts.
At the
APRA Music Awards of 2018, 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. 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
Josh Osborne
Josh Osborne (born c. 1980) is an American songwriter with several number-one singles to his credit.
Early life
Josh Osborne was born in Pike County, Kentucky, and raised in Virgie, Kentucky. Osborne grew up on US 23, renamed Country Music High ...
. Two of the best dudes you’ll ever meet."
Music video
The music video was directed by Jeff Venable and premiered on
CMT,
GAC,
CMC and
CMT Music
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in 2017.
Critical reception
"Kiss Somebody" peaked at No. 53 on the
ARIA Singles Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
, 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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Songs about kissing
2017 singles
Morgan Evans (singer) songs
Universal Music Australia singles
Songs written by Chris DeStefano
Songs written by Josh Osborne
2017 songs
APRA Award winners