"I Never Knew Love" | ||||
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Single by Doug Stone | ||||
from the album More Love | ||||
B-side | "This Empty House" [1] | |||
Released | October 19, 1993 [2] | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:32 | |||
Label | Epic 77228 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Larry Boone, Will Robinson | |||
Producer(s) | James Stroud, Doug Stone | |||
Doug Stone singles chronology | ||||
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"I Never Knew Love" is a song written by Larry Boone and Will Robinson, and recorded by American country music artist Doug Stone. It was released in October 1993 as the lead-off single from his fourth album More Love . It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 3 on the Canadian RPM Tracks chart. The song was also Stone's only entry on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 81. [1]
In this song, the narrator tells his lover about revelations in his life like that he didn't know the power of a song until his mother died, didn't know what innocence was until he saw a newborn baby, and didn't know what love was until he met her.
Chart (1993–1994) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] | 3 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] | 81 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] | 2 |
Chart (1994) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [6] | 64 |
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