You (Chris Young song)
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"You" is the title of a song written by Luke Laird
and Chris Young, and recorded by Young for his third studio album, Neon
, from which it was released as the second single.
'Honey Bee
' or Jason Aldean's
'Big Green Tractor
', but it falls well short of [those] songs, in large part to a clumsy hook."
background, while several of the objects in the video (cars, clothes, etc.) are shown in color. In the video, Young is seen working as a gas station attendant. A woman in a red sports car pulls up, and Young fills her car up with gas, and washes it. Just then, a woman in a yellow car pulls into the gas station, and Young washes her windshield. As he places a tire in the back of a dark blue car, a third woman, in a turquoise-colored car, pulls into the gas station, and he pumps her tire and checks her engine. At the end, Young puts a guitar in the back of the dark blue pickup (revealed to be his pickup), and drives away in it. He sees the three ladies that he helped, and waves to them. Young is shown in his gas station uniform, playing guitar, throughout the video.
Luke Laird
Luke Laird is an American country music songwriter. He is best known for co-writing singles recorded by Carrie Underwood....
and Chris Young, and recorded by Young for his third studio album, Neon
Neon (Chris Young album)
Neon is the third studio album by American country music artist Chris Young. It was released on July 12, 2011 via RCA Nashville. Young co-wrote seven of the album's ten tracks. The album sold 72,830 copies its first week.-Track listing:-Album:...
, from which it was released as the second single.
Reception
The song received mostly positive reviews. Billy Dukes of Taste of Country described the song as "more sensual than sexy", and stated that the chorus was the most memorable part of the song. Kyle Ward of Roughstock gave the song a three-out-of-five star rating, describing it as mediocre. Ward stated that the song "does an OK job, it's clear that Young and co-writer Luke Laird intended [it] to be a charmer in the vein of Blake Shelton'sBlake Shelton
Blake Tollison Shelton is an American country music artist. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". Released as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts...
'Honey Bee
Honey Bee (Blake Shelton song)
"Honey Bee" is the title of a song written by Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip, and recorded by American country artist Blake Shelton. It was released in April 2011, and appears on his sixth studio album, Red River Blue, for Reprise Nashville.-History:...
' or Jason Aldean's
Jason Aldean
Jason Aldine Williams is an American country music singer, known professionally as Jason Aldean. Since 2005, Aldean has recorded for Broken Bow Records, an independent record label for which he has released four albums and twelve singles...
'Big Green Tractor
Big Green Tractor
"Big Green Tractor" is a song written by Jim Collins and David Lee Murphy, and recorded by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It is the second single release from his 2009 album Wide Open, as well as the eighth single of his career...
', but it falls well short of [those] songs, in large part to a clumsy hook."
Music video
The music video was directed by Chris Hicky and premiered in September 2011. It features a black-and-whiteBlack-and-white
Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...
background, while several of the objects in the video (cars, clothes, etc.) are shown in color. In the video, Young is seen working as a gas station attendant. A woman in a red sports car pulls up, and Young fills her car up with gas, and washes it. Just then, a woman in a yellow car pulls into the gas station, and Young washes her windshield. As he places a tire in the back of a dark blue car, a third woman, in a turquoise-colored car, pulls into the gas station, and he pumps her tire and checks her engine. At the end, Young puts a guitar in the back of the dark blue pickup (revealed to be his pickup), and drives away in it. He sees the three ladies that he helped, and waves to them. Young is shown in his gas station uniform, playing guitar, throughout the video.
Chart performance
"You" debuted at number 60 on the country music chart dated September 10, 2011.| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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