Love Remembers

"Love Remembers"
Single by Craig Morgan
from the album That's Why
Released May 5, 2008
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 3:56 (album version)
3:49 (radio edit)
Label BNA
Writer(s) Craig Morgan
Phil O'Donnell
Producer(s) Morgan
O'Donnell
Craig Morgan singles chronology
"International Harvester"
(2007)
"Love Remembers"
(2008)
"God Must Really Love Me"
(2009)

"Love Remembers" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Craig Morgan. It was released in May 2008 as the first single from his fifth studio album That's Why, his first release for the BNA Records label, as well as his eleventh top 40 hit on the Billboard country charts. Morgan wrote the song with his producer, Phil O'Donnell. The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Roman White.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo in which the narrator addresses a former lover, telling her that although she may not remember the details of their former relationship, that "love remembers" those details — such as "the taste of cotton candy lip gloss on the lips of a long kiss / And the plans we made together". In the second verse, he tells her that she might be driven to drink because of his memory ("You might convince yourself there's shelter in a bottle"). The radio edit omits a piano intro.

Reception

The song received a "thumbs down" review from the country music site The 9513. Reviewer Jim Malec said of the song's production and lyrical content, "it's exceptionally disappointing to hear [Morgan] succumb to the temptations of the format", when compared to his "quirky, often twangy" works such as his 2005 single "Redneck Yacht Club".[1] He also referred to this song as "crescendoing and over-sung", comparing it to a Rascal Flatts song. Although he did point out "vibrant, colorful imagery" in the lyrics, he added "it is a song less concerned with telling a story in sequence than it is with creating an aesthetic."[1] Jessica Philips of Country Standard Time magazine described the song more favorably in her review of the album, saying "[it] melds together several vivid images of a love that is gone. The ending becomes an almost-power ballad, and Morgan really lets it rip."[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Roman White and premiered in mid-2008.

Chart performance

Chart (2008) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 73
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (2008) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 50

References

  1. 1 2 Malec, Jim (May 12, 2008). "Craig Morgan - "Love Remembers"". The 9513. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2008.
  2. Philips, Jessica. "That's Why review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
  3. "Craig Morgan – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Craig Morgan. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  4. "Craig Morgan – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Craig Morgan. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  5. "Best of 2008: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 14, 2012.


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