"Like I Love Country Music" is a song by American
country music singer
Kane Brown. It was released to country radio on May 6, 2022, and is the second single from Brown's third studio album ''
Different Man
''Different Man'' is the third studio album by American country music singer Kane Brown, released on September 9, 2022, through RCA Records Nashville. Brown co-produced the album, which was preceded by the singles " One Mississippi", " Like I Lov ...
''.
History
Brown announced the release of "Like I Love Country Music" on April 19, 2022, via an
Instagram
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post he made with his daughter. He had originally wanted to release the ballad "Leave You Alone" as a single but decided that song was "too slow". Brown had originally written the song in 2019 and included a snippet of it on his
Twitter account at the time.
Lyrically, "Like I Love Country Music" references country music songs, such as "
Brand New Man
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" by
Brooks & Dunn
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.
makes a vocal cameo on the song.
The song was officially released to radio on May 6, 2022. Brown co-wrote it with
Jordan Schmidt, Taylor Phillips, and
Matt McGinn during a songwriting retreat in 2019. Brown was originally going to release it on his 2020 extended play ''
Mixtape, Vol. 1'', but told the blog Country Now that he "lost interest" in the song. After listening to his recording again, he regained interest in the song and thus chose to release it as a single.
Music video
The song's corresponding
music video features Brown performing the song before patrons of a
honky-tonk, while wearing a cowboy hat, leather pants, and vest.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
{{Kane Brown
2022 songs
2022 singles
Kane Brown songs
Song recordings produced by Dann Huff
RCA Records singles
Songs written by Kane Brown
Songs written by Matt McGinn (songwriter)
Songs written by Jordan Schmidt
Songs written by Taylor Phillips (songwriter)
Songs about country music
Country rock songs