God Must Really Love Me

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"God Must Really Love Me"
Single by Craig Morgan
from the album That's Why
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2009
Genre Country
Length3:43
Label BNA
Songwriter(s) Jim Collins, Troy Verges
Producer(s) Craig Morgan, Phil O'Donnell
Craig Morgan singles chronology
"Love Remembers"
(2008)
"God Must Really Love Me"
(2009)
"Bonfire"
(2009)

"God Must Really Love Me" is a song recorded by American country music artist Craig Morgan. It was released in January 2009 as the second single from the album That's Why . The song reached #26 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. [1] The song was written by Jim Collins and Troy Verges.

Contents

Content

The narrator describes that his life may be bad sometimes, but he knows that he's still blessed and that God must really love him.

Critical reception

Leeann Ward of Country Universe gave this song a C- rating, saying that its production was "cheesy" and overdone, and that its melody was largely predictable. She also said that its message was "generic, yet irresponsible", adding, "With such logic, the reason why others aren't still alive is because God must not have really loved them?" [2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Eric Welch, and it aired in March 2009.

Chart performance

Chart (2009)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 26

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 230.
  2. Ward, Leeann (2009-01-08). "Craig Morgan - "God Must Really Love Me"". Country Universe. Retrieved 2009-05-18.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "Craig Morgan Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.