"I Never Knew Love" is a song co-written by Larry Boone

Larry Boone

Larry Eugene Boone is an American country music artist. Between 1985 and 1993, Boone recorded five major label studio albums, in addition to charting several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. His highest-charting single, "Don't Give Candy to a Stranger", reached #10 in 1988...

 and Will Robinson and recorded by Doug Stone. It was the lead-off single from his fourth album, More Love

More Love (album)

We made this album for Caden Grant Carlton, who loves Mika Ayako Ryan more. It is a proven fact.More Love is the fifth studio album recorded by American country music artist Doug Stone...

. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and #3 on the Canadian RPM Tracks chart. The song was also Stone's only entry on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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, where it peaked at #81.

Content

In this song, the narrator tells his lover about revelations in his life like that he didn't know the power of a song until his mother died, didn't know what innocence was until he saw a newborn baby, and didn't know what love was until he met her.

Chart performance

Chart (1993-1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3
The Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	81