"Kiss You in the Morning" is a song recorded by American

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artist Michael Ray. It was released on February 16, 2015 as the first single from Ray's major-label debut album. The album, self-titled, was released on August 7. The song was written by Justin Wilson and Michael White and produced by

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Critical reception

Country music blog ''

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'' reviewed the single favorably, saying that "The arrangement of this Florida-raised singer’s first single on Warner doesn’t separate it from much of what’s on the radio, but his lyrics and vocal performance do. He doesn’t use the song to show his range. It’s more of a storyteller’s track." Kevin John Coyne of ''Country Universe'' gave the song a D grade, writing that "Ray’s a decent enough singer and the production is controlled, so it’s not memorable for being bad. Trouble is, it’s not really memorable at all."

Commercial performance

"Kiss You in the Morning" debuted at number 54 on the U.S. ''

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chart for the week of February 28, 2015. It also debuted at number 40 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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chart for the week of March 28, 2015. It also debuted at number 15 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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chart for the week of May 9, 2015. It also debuted at number 50 on the

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chart for the week of May 16, 2015. The song has sold 308,000 copies in the US as of September 2015.

Music video

The music video was directed by Edgar Esteves and premiered in June 2015.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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