Made for You (Jake Owen song)

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"Made for You"
Made for You Jake Owen.webp
Single by Jake Owen
from the album Greetings from... Jake
ReleasedMay 17, 2020 (2020-05-17)
Genre Country
Length3:58
Label Big Loud
Songwriter(s)
  • Benjy Davis
  • Joey Hyde
  • Neil Medley
Producer(s) Joey Moi
Jake Owen singles chronology
"Homemade"
(2019)
"Made for You"
(2020)
"Best Thing Since Backroads"
(2021)

"Made for You" is a song recorded by American country music singer Jake Owen. It is the fourth single from his sixth studio album Greetings from... Jake .

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Content

Before releasing the song to radio, Owen performed it at the wedding of country music singers Michael Ray and Carly Pearce on October 6, 2019. Owen had been given the song by a promoter. Songwriter Benjy Davis came up with the song's "descending guitar melody" in May 2017 and presented the idea to co-writers Joey Hyde and Neil Medley during a songwriting session that same month. The lyrics consist mainly of various thematically-related items that are "made for" each other. [1]

"Made for You" was released to radio on May 17, 2020, one day after Owen performed the song on The Bachelorette . [2]

Music video

Owen filmed a music video for the song, which stars his girlfriend, Erica Hartlein, along with his two daughters. [3]

Critical reception

Zackary Kephart of Country Universe rated the song "C+", praising the instrumentation and Owen's voice, but criticizing the lyrics as "cliché". [4]

Controversy

On July 27, 2021, the song became the subject of a lawsuit by country artists Alexander Cardinale and Morgan Evans, who accused Owen of copyright infringement by lifting the lyrics and melody directly from their 2014 song (2016 single) of the same name. [5] Owen has not publicly commented on the lawsuit. [6]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Made for You"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [15] Gold40,000
United States (RIAA) [16] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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