Love Don't Live Here (Lady Antebellum song)

"Love Don't Live Here"
Single by Lady Antebellum
from the album Lady Antebellum
Released October 2, 2007
Format CD single
Music download
Genre Country
Length 3:50
Label Capitol Nashville
Writer(s) Hillary Scott
Charles Kelley
Dave Haywood
Producer(s) Victoria Shaw
Paul Worley
Lady Antebellum singles chronology
"Never Alone" (w/ Jim Brickman)
(2007)
"Love Don't Live Here"
(2007)
"Lookin' for a Good Time"
(2008)
Music video
"Love Don't Live Here" at CMT.com

"Love Don't Live Here" is a song recorded by American country music trio Lady Antebellum. It was released in October 2007 as the first single from the album Lady Antebellum. Although the group had charted along with pop artist Jim Brickman on his 2007 single "Never Alone", this song serves as Lady Antebellum's first release to country radio. It was written by the group's three members (Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood), and features Kelley on lead vocals. The song peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts dated for the week of June 14, 2008.

The song is part of the tracklist for Now That's What I Call Country.

Background

Kelley describes the song as follows: "I really felt like we found our sound on this song, and I was really proud that it became our first single since it was one of the first songs that the three of us wrote together."[1]

Content

"Love Don't Live Here" is a mid-tempo in which Charles Kelley sings lead vocals. Accompanied by electric guitar and mandolin runs, the song finds the narrator addressing a former lover who has showed up at his door. He tells her that, although she is "passing through to claim [her] lost-and-found", he has forgotten about her, and is not open to her forgiveness.

Music video

The song's music video was filmed and released in December 2007.[2] Chris Hicky directed the video.

Awards

At the 51st Grammy Awards, "Love Don't Live Here" received a nomination for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The group itself was nominated for Best New Artist as well.[3]

Personnel

The following musicians perform on this track:[4]

Chart performance

Chart (2007-2008) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 53
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] 69

End-of-year chart

End of year chart (2008) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs[8] 18

References

  1. "Lady Antebellum: CD Available NOW!!". Lady Antebellum official website. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  2. Neal, Chris (2008-01-14). "Portrait of a Lady: The members of hot new trio Lady Antebellum kiss heartache goodbye in their new video". Country Weekly 15 (1): 22.
  3. "Alison Krauss, Robert Plant Score at Grammys". Great American Country. 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
  4. Lady Antebellum (CD liner notes). Lady Antebellum. Capitol Records Nashville. 2008. 032062.
  5. "Lady Antebellum Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Lady Antebellum.
  6. "Lady Antebellum Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Lady Antebellum.
  7. "Lady Antebellum Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Lady Antebellum.
  8. "Billboard Year-End chart for Hot Country Songs, 2008". Billboard. Retrieved 31 August 2010.

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