Livin' on Love

"Livin' on Love" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Alan Jackson. It was released in August 1994 as the second single from his album Who I Am. In late 1994, it became his ninth Number One hit on the Billboard country charts. It also reached number 1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.

Content

The song describes a couple who are "livin' on love". In the first verse, they are "two young people without a thing", while throughout the song they age, still in love with each other.

Critical reception

Thom Jurek of Allmusic described the song favorably, calling it "a mid-tempo honky tonker with killer fiddle, telecasters chopping up the middle, and lyrics that make its sentimental subject matter palatable."^[2] Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B+ grade, calling it "so catchy, so charming, and so full of little funny details." He goes on to say that he forgives Jackson for "ripping off 'Two Sparrows in a Hurricane' so blatantly."^[3]

Music video

The music video was directed by Piers Plowden and premiered in mid-1994.

Chart positions

"Livin' on Love" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 3, 1994.

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	1
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)^[5]	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[7]	19

References

↑ The Greatest Hits Collection (CD). Alan Jackson. Arista Records. 1995. 07822 18801.
↑ Jurek, Thom. "Who I Am review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
↑ CountryUniverse.net Song review
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2667." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 28, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
↑ "Alan Jackson – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Alan Jackson.
↑ "Alan Jackson – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Alan Jackson.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

Preceded by "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" by Brooks & Dunn	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single October 29-November 12, 1994	Succeeded by "Shut Up and Kiss Me" by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Preceded by "It Can't Happen to Me" by Charlie Major	RPM Top Country Tracks number-one single November 28, 1994	Succeeded by "If I Could Make a Living" by Clay Walker

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Alan Jackson singles

Here in the Real World	"Blue Blooded Woman" "Here in the Real World" "Wanted" "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" "I'd Love You All Over Again"

Don't Rock the Jukebox	"Don't Rock the Jukebox" "Someday" "Dallas" "Midnight in Montgomery" "Love's Got a Hold on You"

A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)	"She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)" "Tonight I Climbed the Wall" "Chattahoochee" "Mercury Blues" "(Who Says) You Can't Have It All"

Who I Am	"Summertime Blues" "Livin' on Love" "Gone Country" "Song for the Life" "I Don't Even Know Your Name"

The Greatest Hits Collection	"Tall, Tall Trees" "I'll Try" "Home"

Everything I Love	"Little Bitty" "Everything I Love" "Who's Cheatin' Who" "There Goes" "Between the Devil and Me" "A House with No Curtains"

High Mileage	"I'll Go On Loving You" "Right on the Money" "Gone Crazy" "Little Man"

Under the Influence	"Pop a Top" "The Blues Man" "It Must Be Love"

When Somebody Loves You	"www.memory" "When Somebody Loves You" "Where I Come From" "It's Alright to Be a Redneck"

Drive	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" "Work in Progress" "That'd Be Alright"

Greatest Hits Volume II	"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (w/ Jimmy Buffett) "Remember When"

What I Do	"Too Much of a Good Thing" "Monday Morning Church" "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" "USA Today"

Like Red on a Rose	"Like Red on a Rose" "A Woman's Love"

Good Time	"Small Town Southern Man" "Good Time" "Country Boy" "Sissy's Song" "I Still Like Bologna"

Freight Train	"It's Just That Way" "Hard Hat and a Hammer"

34 Number Ones	"Ring of Fire"

Thirty Miles West	"Long Way to Go" "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" "You Go Your Way"

Angels and Alcohol	"Jim and Jack and Hank" "The One You're Waiting On"

Other songs	"Tequila Sunrise" "Good Year for the Roses" (w/ George Jones) "Redneck Games" (w/ Jeff Foxworthy) "Margaritaville" (w/ Jimmy Buffett) "Murder on Music Row" (w/ George Strait) "Designated Drinker" (w/ George Strait) "Hey, Good Lookin'" (w/ Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith and George Strait) "You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie" (w/ The Bellamy Brothers) "Barefootin'" (w/ Jimmy Buffett) "As She's Walking Away" (w/ Zac Brown Band) "A Million Ways to Die"

See also	Singles discography

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