"Waves" is a song recorded by American

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artist

Luke Bryan Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan (born July 17, 1976) is an American country music, country singer, songwriter, and television personality. He began his music career writing songs for Travis Tritt and Billy Currington before signing with Capitol Reco ...

, it was released as the fifth single on April 12, 2021, from the deluxe version of his seventh studio album ''

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''. The song was written by Chase McGill,

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and

Zach Crowell Zach Crowell is a songwriter and record producer, who was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. Crowell is involved in a joint publishing agreement with Round Hill Music and Taperoom Music. In 2012, he co-wrote and produced the song "Confe$$io ...

, and produced by Jeff Stevens and Jody Stevens. “Waves” was certified “Gold” July 2022, crossing 500,000 units sold.

Content

In a press release, Bryan explained: "'Waves' is a song about kids falling in love during the summer and just all the images and everything about how beautiful that summer love is and how the emotions just keep coming in waves, 'Waves' is kind of a play on words, and I fell in love with the song the second I heard it."

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of ''Taste of Country'' called "Waves" a serious romance song with a more creative melody than Bryan's previous single " Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset", which was also written by McGill, Hurd and Crowell.

Music video

The music video was released on April 9, 2021, directed by Dano Cerny. It was filmed on the beach in

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Live performance

On May 16, 2021, Bryan performed the song on ''

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'', on which he serves as a judge.

Charts

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Certifications

References

{{Luke Bryan 2021 singles 2021 songs Luke Bryan songs Songs written by Zach Crowell Songs written by Ryan Hurd Songs written by Chase McGill Capitol Records Nashville singles