"All Over Me" is the title of a song written by Rhett Akins

Rhett Akins

Thomas Rhett Akins Sr. is an American country singer and songwriter. Signed to Decca Records between 1994 and 1997, he released two albums for the label , followed by 1998's What Livin's All About on MCA Nashville. Friday Night in Dixie was released in 2002 on Audium Entertainment...

, Dallas Davidson

Dallas Davidson

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, Ben Hayslip

Ben Hayslip

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, and recorded by American country

Country music

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 artist Josh Turner

Josh Turner

Joshua Otis "Josh" Turner is a country music singer and actor signed to MCA Nashville Records in 2003, Turner has released four studio albums for the label. The first of these was 2003's Long Black Train, whose title track was his breakthrough single release...

. It was released in April 2010 as the second single from his fourth studio album, Haywire

Haywire (Josh Turner album)

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Background and writing

Co-writer Rhett Akins told The Boot that the song "is another one of those good time summer feeling songs about hot weather and it being time to get in the boat, grab your girl and head to the lake or the river." He also said that they "didn't have any title mapped out or even a direction of where we were going[…]We came up with the title to the song as we were writing the chorus about save all your kisses up, bring all your sweet love, and pour it all over me."

Content

"All Over Me" is an uptempo song backed primarily by piano and electric guitar. The song's male narrator describes telling his love interest his desire to take her down to the riverbank in the summer, begging her to pour her love "all over [him]."

Reception

The song has been well-received by music critics. Karlie Justus gave the song a thumbs up, favoring it as a summer tune that "bring[s] the froth and fun these [type of] songs require without completely succumbing to tired instrumental and lyrical clichés." She found the lyrics "simple [and] frustratingly derivative," but complimented Turner's "signature baritone." Bobby Peacock of Roughstock spoke positively of the song, referring to it as a "safe song" that has been done before, but it seems "fun when Josh sings about it." Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B rating, referring to it as an "enjoyable listen" and that Turner is able to "elevate good material to great entertainment."

Chart performance

"All Over Me" debuted at #59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 chart for the week of April 24, 2010. It debuted at #97 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of July 17, 2010. The song reached #1 on the country charts in October 2010. > >

Chart (2010)	Peak position