Loving You Easy

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"Loving You Easy"
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Single by Zac Brown Band
from the album Jekyll + Hyde
ReleasedMay 4, 2015 (2015-05-04) [1]
Genre Country, pop soul [2]
Length2:35 [3]
Label Southern Ground
BMLG
Republic
John Varvatos Records [1]
Songwriter(s) Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Al Anderson
Producer(s) In the Arena Productions
Zac Brown Band singles chronology
"Heavy Is the Head"
(2015)
"Loving You Easy"
(2015)
"Junkyard"
(2015)

"Loving You Easy" is a song recorded by American country music group Zac Brown Band. It was released as the third single from the band's fourth studio album, Jekyll + Hyde , on May 4, 2015. [1] The song was written by Zac Brown, Al Anderson and Niko Moon.

Contents

Content

The song features "perky instrumentation… sprinkled with soul, funk, and fiddle" and a "fattening bass riff". Lyrically, it is "about being in love with a good woman". [4]

Critical reception

Thom Jurek of Allmusic, in his review of the album, wrote that "The Caribbean-tinged tunes such as 'Loving You Easy,' with its Buffett-esque groove wed to retro pop/soul and 'One Day,' with its sweeping yet earthy fiddle, horns, and stirring backing choruses, are both winners, too." [2] Giving it a "B", Jim Casey of Country Weekly called the song "a Cool Whip song—sweet and fluffy, without too many calories" but praised the instrumentation and "sugary harmony". [4]

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. [5]

Music video

The music video was directed by Danny Clinch and premiered in May 2015. [6] The video stars actress Halston Sage. None of the members of Zac Brown Band appear in the video, however, save for a brief view of the front cover of an LP copy of its Jekyll + Hyde album.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 30 on the Country Airplay chart dated May 9, 2015, and No. 42 on the Country Digital Songs chart with 8,000 copies sold. [7] [8] It also debuted on Country Airplay at No. 30 and Hot Country Songs at No. 34 the same week. It debuted on the Hot 100 at No. 90 for chart dated June 13. As of September 2015, the song has sold 377,000 copies in the United States. [9]

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [10] 55
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [11] 2
US Billboard Hot 100 [12] 40
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [13] 4
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [14] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)Position
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [15] 43
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [16] 16

Certifications

Certifications for Loving You Easy
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [17] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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