Until They Don't Love You

2015 single by Reba
"Until They Don't Love You"
Single by Reba
from the album Love Somebody
ReleasedAugust 7, 2015 (2015-08-07)
Genre
  • Country[1]
  • contemporary country[1]
Length3:05
Label
  • Big Machine
  • Nash Icon
Songwriter(s)
  • Shane McAnally
  • Lori McKenna
  • Josh Osborne
Producer(s)
  • Tony Brown
  • Reba McEntire
Reba singles chronology
"Going Out Like That"
(2015) 		"Until They Don't Love You"
(2015) 		"Just Like Them Horses"
(2016)

"Until They Don't Love You" is a song recorded by American country artist Reba. It was composed by Shane McAnally, Lori McKenna and Josh Osborne. The song was released as a single via Nash Icon Records in 2015 and was the second single spawned from Reba's 2015 album Love Somebody. "Until They Don't Love You" was generally met with favorable reviews and charted on the American country songs survey in 2015.

Background and content

Following a brief stint on the television sitcom Malibu Country, Reba signed a recording contract with Nash Icon Records, an imprint label of Big Machine Records. The label focused on promoting and releasing new music by veteran country recording artists. Her first album with Nash Icon was 2015's Love Somebody[2] and featured the track "Until They Don't Love You".[3] The song was written by Shane McAnally, Lori McKenna and Josh Osborne. Both McAnally and Osborne contributed to additional tracks on Love Somebody.[4] The publication Sounds Like Nashville described "Until They Don't Love You" as "a self-reflective look at regret over ending a relationship."[5] "The energy and sass of ‘Until They Don’t Love You’ mimics ‘Going Out Like That’ but takes it up another notch," Reba commented in an announcement.[3][5]

Critical reception

"Until They Don't Love You" mostly received favorable reviews. In his review of Love Somebody, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic named the track an "album pick".[6] Taste of Country called the recording "an all-out jam that turns the bucket seats of any car or truck into the front row of McEntire’s concert."[7] In another review, Rolling Stone called it a "bluesy new breakup tune".[8] In a separate review, Jewly Hight of Billboard found the song to be among one of Love Somebody's unfavorable tunes, calling it an "overcooked blues-rocker".[9]

Release and chart performance

"Until They Don't Love You" was first released to radio on August 7, 2015 as the second single from Love Somebody.[3] The track had originally been released on the disc in April 2015 and was preceded by its first single titled "Going Out Like That".[4][3] Reba promoted the single on an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon also in August 2015.[5][8] The song spent a total of nine weeks on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, peaking at number 48 in September 2015.[10] It was McEntire's third single to miss the Billboard country top 40 since 1977, with her last to reach such a position was in 2011 with "Somebody's Chelsea".[11][10]

Track listing

Digital single[1]

  • "Until They Don't Love You" – 3:05

Charts

Chart performance for "Until They Don't Love You"
Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[12] 48

References

  1. ^ a b c ""Until They Don't Love You": Reba: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Reba McEntire: Biography, Songs & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Reba Announces 'Until They Don't Love You' as New Single". The Boot. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b Reba, Reba (April 14, 2015). "Love Somebody (CD Liner Notes)". Nash Icon Records. NICRM-0300-A.
  5. ^ a b c "Reba Announces New Single, 'Until They Don't Love You'". Sounds Like Nashville. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  6. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Love Somebody: Reba: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Reba McEntire, 'Until They Don't Love You' [Listen]". Taste of Country. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  8. ^ a b Betts, Stephen L. (August 13, 2015). "See Reba McEntire's Sizzling 'Until They Don't Love You' on 'Fallon'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  9. ^ Hight, Jewly (April 27, 2015). "Album Review: Reba McEntire Forgoes Radio Fare for Mature Ballads on 'Love Somebody'". Billboard. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Reba McEntire chart history (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  12. ^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  • v
  • t
  • e
1970s1980s
1990s
2000s2010s2020sOther singles