"Young Love" is a song recorded by American

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artist

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 was released in November 2013. Moore wrote the song with Dan Couch and Westin Davis. The song along with his next single "Dirt Road" were projected to be on his sophomore studio album, but were scrapped when the two songs stalled at radio.

Critical reception

The song received a favorable review from ''

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'', which said that Moore "proves his sharp storytelling is the rule, not the exception." The review also stated that "Moore’s husky voice is comfortable with a love song, yet some sort of hurt or regret seems to soak into this interpretation." Matt Bjorke of ''Roughstock'' gave the song four stars out of five, writing that "this story has been told before but it's told here in a new, interesting, and most importantly, very Kip Moore way." Bjorke called Moore's voice "as raspy and as inviting musically as ever," adding that "the production from

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is as solid as everything on '' Up All Night'' and helps accentuate the lyrics to the track."

Music video

The music video was directed by

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and premiered in January 2014.

Chart performance

"Young Love" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. ''

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chart for the week of December 7, 2013. It also debuted at number 35 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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chart for the week of December 14, 2013. It also debuted at number 83 on the

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chart for the week of December 14, 2013. It also debuted at number 22 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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chart for the week of January 25, 2014. The song has sold 118,000 copies in the U.S. as of February 2014.

Year-end charts

References

{{Kip Moore 2013 songs 2013 singles Kip Moore songs MCA Nashville Records singles Songs written by Kip Moore Song recordings produced by Brett James Music videos directed by Peter Zavadil Songs written by Dan Couch