"You Look So Good in Love"
Single by George Strait
from the album Right or Wrong
B-side"A Little Heaven's Rubbing off on Me"
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1983
RecordedJuly 20, 1983
GenreCountry
Length
  • 3:13 (album version)
  • 2:57 (single edit)
LabelMCA 52279
Songwriter(s)Glen Ballard
Rory Bourke
Kerry Chater
Producer(s)Ray Baker
George Strait singles chronology
"A Fire I Can't Put Out"
(1983) 		"You Look So Good in Love"
(1983) 		"Right or Wrong"
(1984)

"You Look So Good in Love" is a song written by Glen Ballard, Rory Bourke and Kerry Chater, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in September 1983 as the lead single from his album Right or Wrong. It was also recorded by Mickey Gilley in 1983, appearing on his album You've Really Got a Hold on Me.

Content

The narrator is a guy looking at his ex-lover fall in love with another guy. He realizes just how happy his former girlfriend looks now that she's fallen in true love. He feels sorry for himself that he wasn't the one to make her happy, but part of him realizes it wasn't meant to be.

Music video

A video — Strait's first — was issued for the song. Strait disliked the "slow-paced and romantic themed" video so he asked for it to be taken off the air, and refused to do music videos for several years afterward.[1]

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 31 on the Hot Country Songs charts, Strait's highest debut for many years.[2] In January 1984, "You Look So Good in Love" was George Strait's third No. 1 song on the chart.[3]

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[6] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Bego, Mark (July 2001). George Strait: The Story of Country's Living Legend. p. 46. ISBN 9780806522586.
  2. ^ Jessen, Wade (July 29, 2000). "Country Corner". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 336.
  4. ^ "George Strait Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "American single certifications – George Strait – You Look So Good in Love". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 25, 2021.


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