Alone with You (Jake Owen song)

"Alone with You"
Single by Jake Owen
from the album Barefoot Blue Jean Night
Released October 17, 2011
Format Music download
Genre Country
Length 3:31
Label RCA Nashville
Writer(s) Catt Gravitt
J. T. Harding
Shane McAnally
Producer(s) Joey Moi
Rodney Clawson[1]
Jake Owen singles chronology
"Barefoot Blue Jean Night"
(2011)		 "Alone with You"
(2011)		 "The One That Got Away"
(2012)

"Alone with You" is a song written by Shane McAnally, Catt Gravitt and J. T. Harding, and recorded by American country music artist Jake Owen. It is the eighth single of his career, and was released in October 2011 as the second single from his album Barefoot Blue Jean Night.

Content

The song is in the key of G major with a moderate tempo, a vocal range of B3-C5 and a main chord pattern of GM7-Em7-C.[2]

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song three and a half stars out of five, saying that "with somewhat thin lyrical content, the song needs that genuine delivery to push it to colossal levels of greatness," adding that although "Owen doesn't own this as he has his more successful hits," he is "talented enough that his good is another singer's great."[3] Giving it four stars out of five, Bobby Peacock of Roughstock praised the "straightforward but effective lines" and said that it was "overall a very different sound for the usually upbeat Owen, and he pulls it off. "[4]

Music video

The music video was directed by Mason Dixon and premiered in December 2011.[5] It stars Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton as his love interest.

Chart performance

"Alone With You" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of October 15, 2011.[6] It also debuted at number 90 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of December 24, 2011. It has since become a number 1 hit.

Chart (2011-2012) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 41
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[9] 69

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[10] 14
Preceded by
"Ours"
by Taylor Swift		 Billboard Hot Country Songs
number-one single
April 7–14, 2012 		Succeeded by
"A Woman Like You"
by Lee Brice

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[11] Platinum 1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "Barefoot Blue Jean Night". Discogs. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "'Alone with You' sheet music". MusicNotes.com. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Dukes, Billy (September 26, 2011). "Jake Owen, ‘Alone With You’ – Song Review". Taste of Country. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  4. ↑ Peacock, Bobby (14 October 2011). ""Alone with You" review". Roughstock. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "CMT : Videos : Jake Owen : Alone With You". Country Music Television. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  6. ↑ Morris, Edward (October 8, 2011). "Toby Keith Scores Top Song While Lady Antebellum Keep No. 1 Album Perch". Country Music Television. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Jake Owen Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Jake Owen.
  8. ↑ "Jake Owen Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Jake Owen.
  9. ↑ "Jake Owen Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Jake Owen.
  10. ↑ "Best of 2012: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  11. ↑ "American single certifications – Jake Owen – Alone with You". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 9, 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH