When You Love Someone

Album: American Love (2016)
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Songfacts®:

  • Jake Owen announced in August 2015 that he and his wife Lacey were getting divorced after three years of marriage. However, the singer told Taste of Country that this dark infidelity ballad is not autobiographical.

    "No, there's no [real life] story of her getting drunk and getting in a car and going too far with someone. Not at all," Owen said referencing the lyrics. "The purpose of that song is that when you love someone, and you're really in love with someone, you know what that feels like and you know what that should be, just as well as you feel it when it's not right. That by no means has anything to do with my personal life."
  • Written by Blair Daly, Sean McConnell and Hillary Lindsey (who also lends background vocals), the sparse ballad pairs Owen with nothing more than piano.

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