Remember You Young

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"Remember You Young"
Remember You Young single art.jpg
Single by Thomas Rhett
from the album Center Point Road
ReleasedJuly 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)
Genre Country
Length3:00
Label Big Machine
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Thomas Rhett singles chronology
"Look What God Gave Her"
(2019)
"Remember You Young"
(2019)
"Beer Can't Fix"
(2020)
Music video
"Remember You Young" on YouTube
"Remember You Young (Home Videos)" on YouTube
"Remember You Young" (Lyric Video) on YouTube
"Remember You Young (Behind the Scenes)" on YouTube

"Remember You Young" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Thomas Rhett. It was released on July 15, 2019 as the second single from his fourth studio album Center Point Road . Rhett wrote the song with Ashley Gorley and Jesse Frasure, the latter of which produced it with Dann Huff.

Contents

History

Rhett says that the song carries a theme of nostalgia, and references to his wife and children. It also contains references to events from his past. [1] He said that "We wrote this song about the people in life that we love, and always remembering them in their youth, no matter how much time passes and we all change." [2] The song's accompanying music video features a group of elderly people who reminisce on their lives. [2]

Commercial performance

"Remember You Young" reached No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart on chart dated December 21, 2019, [3] becoming Rhett's eighth consecutive No. 1 single and his fourteenth overall. The song has sold 143,000 copies in the United States as of February 2020. [4]

Music video

The music video was directed by TK McKamy and premiered on CMT, GAC & Vevo in 2019.

It was filmed partly on the property of session and touring bassist Todd Ashburn in the Nashville area. [5]

The video is a sequel to the Marry Me music video. In addition to showing Rhett performing the song barefoot in a room full of mirrors, the video centers on Sam, now in his elderly years, goes about his daily routine while remembering moments of his time with Ellie, who is deceased as referred to by the ending shot of him holding an urn.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Center Point Road. [6]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [16] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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