You Are (Aaron Goodvin song)

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"You Are"
You Are AG.jpg
Single by Aaron Goodvin
from the album V
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2018 (2018-09-14)
Genre Country pop
Length3:01
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Aaron Goodvin
  • Brandon Hood
Producer(s)
  • Aaron Goodvin
  • Matt McClure
Aaron Goodvin singles chronology
"Miss Me Yet"
(2018)
"You Are"
(2018)
"Bars & Churches"
(2019)
Music video
"You Are" on YouTube

"You Are" is a song recorded, co-written, and co-produced by Canadian-American country artist Aaron Goodvin. [1] The track was co-written with Brandon Hood, and co-produced by Matt McClure. [2] It became Goodvin's first #1 Canada Country hit. [3]

Contents

Commercial performance

"You Are" was certified Gold by Music Canada on December 11, 2019, with over 40,000 sales. [4] It reached a peak of #1 on the Billboard Canada Country chart dated February 16, 2019, [5] marking Goodvin's first chart-topper. [3] It also reached a peak of #96 on the Canadian Hot 100, Goodvin's second highest entry there. [6]

Music video

The official music video for "You Are" premiered on October 4, 2018, [7] and was directed by Joel Stewart. [8]

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [6] 96
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [3] 1

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [9] Gold40,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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