Amen Kind of Love explained

Amen Kind of Love
Type:single
Artist:Daryle Singletary
Album:All Because of You
Released:October 1, 1996
Genre:Country
Length:3:27
Label:Giant
Producer:James Stroud, David Malloy
Prev Title:Workin' It Out
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:The Used to Be's
Next Year:1997

"Amen Kind of Love" is a song written by Trey Bruce and Wayne Tester, and recorded by American country music artist Daryle Singletary. It was released in October 1996 as the first single from the album All Because of You. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, behind Rick Trevino's "Running Out of Reasons to Run".[1]

Critical reception

Larry Flick, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying it is the "perfect marriage of voice and song." He goes on to say that "his phrasing, accented by fiddle and steel guitar, should make country programmers want to stand up and testify (to borrow a word from the song)."[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Jeffrey Phillips and premiered in September 1996.

Chart performance

"Amen Kind of Love" debuted at number 68 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 12, 1996.

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 78
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 65

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 314.
  2. Billboard, October 5, 1996
  3. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997. RPM. December 15, 1997. July 17, 2013.
  4. Web site: Best of 1997: Country Songs . . . 1997. July 17, 2013.