"You Go Your Way" is a song recorded by American

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artist

Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for blending traditional honky-tonk and mainstream country pop sounds (for a style widely regarded as "neotraditional country"), as well as penning many o ...

. It was released in August 2012 as the third single from Jackson's seventeenth studio album ''

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''. The song was written by David Lee, Tony Lane, and Troy Jones.

Critical reception

Ben Foster of ''Country Universe'' gave the song an A grade. He writes that, "In structure and theme, "You Go Your Way" bears a moderate resemblance to

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’s classic 1993 hit " Easy Come, Easy Go", but with a deeper shade of heartache." He goes on to say, "The lyric is framed in a quietly infectious melody as well as a fiddle and steel-drenched

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arrangement that sounds absolutely fantastic. Though we would generally expect nothing less from Alan Jackson, such work seems almost revolutionary in comparison to the warmed-over sounds that have all but taken over country radio." Taste of Country editor Billy Dukes rated the song 2.5 stars out of 5. Dukes states, "Unlike 'So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore', the legend doesn't appear to dive deep into a memory to recreate a sense of loss. The song is sung with all the worry of Brad Paisley's ' I’m Gonna Miss Her'."

Chart performance

"You Go Your Way" reached 41 on the Billboard

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chart as well as 39 on the Billboard

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chart.

References

{{Alan Jackson singles 2012 singles 2012 songs Alan Jackson songs Songs written by Tony Lane (songwriter) Song recordings produced by Keith Stegall EMI Records singles Songs written by David Lee (songwriter)