I Never Knew Love Explained

I Never Knew Love
Cover:Doug Stone - I Never Knew Love.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Doug Stone
Album:More Love
B-Side:"This Empty House"[1]
Released:October 19, 1993[2]
Genre:Country
Length:3:32
Label:Epic 77228
Producer:James Stroud, Doug Stone
Prev Title:Why Didn't I Think of That
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Addicted to a Dollar
Next Year:1994

"I Never Knew Love" is a song written by Larry Boone and Will Robinson, and recorded by American country music artist Doug Stone. It was released in October 1993 as the lead-off single from his fourth album More Love. It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 3 on the Canadian RPM Tracks chart. The song was also Stone's only entry on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 81.[1]

Content

In this song, the narrator tells his lover about revelations in his life like that he didn't know the power of a song until his mother died, didn't know what innocence was until he saw a newborn baby, and didn't know what love was until he met her.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 405. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. http://music.aol.com/album/i-never-knew-love/387557 AOL Music profile
  3. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994. RPM. December 12, 1994. August 4, 2013.