Unlove You (Jennifer Nettles song)

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"Unlove You"
UnloveYou.jpg
Single by Jennifer Nettles
from the album Playing with Fire
ReleasedJanuary 11, 2016 (2016-01-11)
Genre Country
Length3:55
Label Big Machine
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Dann Huff
Jennifer Nettles singles chronology
"Me Without You"
(2014)
"Unlove You"
(2016)
"Hey Heartbreak"
(2016)

"Unlove You" is a song by American country music artist Jennifer Nettles. It was released in January 2016 as the first single from her second solo studio album, Playing with Fire . Nettles co-wrote the song with Brandy Clark. [1]

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Critical reception

An uncredited Taste of Country review of the song was positive, calling it "a straight-down-the-middle country ballad with exceptional vocals" and "a reminder of just how talented of a vocalist she truly is." [2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy and premiered in March 2016. [3]

Chart performance

The song has sold 210,000 copies in the US as of August 2016. [4]

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [5] 16
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [6] 26
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 24

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [8] 76

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