"Make You Miss Me" is a song co-written and recorded by American
country music
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singer
Sam Hunt
Sam Lowry Hunt (born December 8, 1984) is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Cedartown, Georgia, Hunt played football in his high school and college years and once attempted to pursue a professional sports career before signing with MCA ...
. It was released to country radio, by
MCA Nashville
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on March 7, 2016
as the fifth single from his debut studio album ''
Montevallo'' (2014). The song is written by Hunt,
Matthew Ramsey and
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 ...
.
"Make You Miss Me" reached number one on the ''
Billboard
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Country Airplay
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chart, becoming Hunt's fourth number one and making him the first male solo artist to land four number ones on that chart from a debut studio album.
It also peaked at number two 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 ...
chart and number 45 on the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100. It has sold 659,000 units in the US as of October 2016. The song achieved similar chart success in Canada, peaking at number two on the
Canada Country
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chart and number 67 on the
Canadian Hot 100
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.
Commercial performance
The song first entered the ''
Billboard
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''
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 ...
chart at number 32 when it became available for download on the release of his debut studio album ''
Montevallo'' in October 2014. It also debuted the same week at number seven on the Country Digital Songs chart, selling 21,000 copies. It entered the
Country Airplay
Country Airplay is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States since January 20, 1990.
This chart lists the 60 most-listened-to records played on 150 mainstream country radio stations across the country as monitored ...
chart at number 58 for the week of March 12, 2016 on its release as a single.
The song has since reached number two on the Hot Country Songs chart and number one on the Country Airplay chart, making Hunt the first solo male artist to pull four Country Airplay number one hits from a debut studio album.
As of April 2017, the song has sold 708,000 copies in the US.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2014 songs
2016 singles
Sam Hunt songs
MCA Nashville Records singles
Country ballads
Songs written by Sam Hunt
Songs written by Zach Crowell
Songs written by Matthew Ramsey
Song recordings produced by Shane McAnally