"Last Shot" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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singer

Kip Moore Kipling Christian Moore (born April 2, 1980) is an American country music singer and songwriter signed to MCA Nashville. He has released a total of four studio albums for the label: '' Up All Night'', '' Wild Ones'', ''Slowheart'', and '' Wild ...

. It is the second single to his third studio album ''

Slowheart ''Slowheart'' is the third studio album by American country music artist Kip Moore, released on September 8, 2017, through MCA Nashville. The album's lead single, " More Girls Like You", was released on February 10, 2017. Background and recording ...

''. Moore wrote the song with Dan Couch and

David Lee Murphy David Lee Murphy (born January 7, 1959) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known for his #1 country hits " Dust on the Bottle" and " Everything's Gonna Be Alright", as well as the hit songs " Party Crowd", "Out with ...

, and produced it himself.

Content

Moore told ''Sounds Like Nashville'' that the idea came about when writing with his frequent collaborator Dan Couch. He said that he wanted to give the song an "

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vibe", and when he started singing a melody to Couch, third writer

offered the lyric "''If you were my last breath, I'd just want to hold you.''" Upon hearing the line, Moore decided to use the concept of how "the word 'love' is used all too often" to create "an old school country love song".

Commercial performance

The song peaked at number 6 on Country Airplay for chart dated December 8, 2018. has sold 75,000 copies in the United States as of January 2019.

Music video

Directed by PJ Brown, the video features stories of four different friends, one of whom is terminally ill, who unite to have an eventful experience together before they can no longer do so. Moore himself is not present in the video at all. An alternate video, also directed by PJ Brown, features Moore performing the song inside a glass box.

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References

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