People Loving People Explained

People Loving People
Cover:People Loving People.png
Type:single
Artist:Garth Brooks
Album:Man Against Machine
B-Side:Send 'Em On Down the Road
Released:September 3, 2014
Studio:Allentown Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:Country
Length:3:38
Label:RCA Nashville
Pearl
Producer:Mark Miller
Prev Title:The Call
Prev Year:2013
Next Title:Mom
Next Year:2014

"People Loving People" is a song recorded by American country music singer Garth Brooks for his eleventh studio album, Man Against Machine (2014). It was released to country radio by RCA Nashville on September 3, 2014 and is the first single from the album.[1] [2] Following its radio release, "People Loving People" was made available for digital download exclusively through Brooks' online music store, GhostTunes.[3]

Release and promotion

The song was released on September 3, 2014 and is Brooks' first radio release since his 2007 song "More Than a Memory".[4] On September 4, 2014 Brooks appeared on Good Morning America to promote "People Loving People", as well as his world tour.[5] On November 23, he performed the song live on the American Music Awards via satellite from his concert at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.[6]

Composition

"People Loving People" was written by Busbee, Lee Thomas Miller, and Chris Wallin.[7] Like all songs featured on Brooks' album Man Against Machine, the song was produced by Mark Miller. Musically, the song was described as "firm, crunchy country rock" by Elias Leight from Billboard. Lyrically, like Brooks' 1992 song "We Shall Be Free", "People Loving People" addresses problems in the world. The song suggests the only solution to these problems is, as stated in the chorus, "people loving people/That's the enemy of everything that's evil".

Chart performance

"People Loving People" debuted (and peaked) at #19 on the US Billboard Country Airplay chart for the chart dated September 20, 2014.

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leight. Elias. Garth Brooks Releases Comeback Single 'People Loving People'. Billboard.com. September 9, 2014.
  2. Web site: Mansfield. Brian. Listen to Garth Brooks' 'People Loving People' single. USAToday.com. September 9, 2014.
  3. Hudak. Joseph. Garth Brooks Launches Digital Music Site. Rolling Stone. September 4, 2014 . November 13, 2014.
  4. Web site: Watts. Cindy. Garth Brooks releases new song 'People Loving People' to country radio. The Tennessean. November 20, 2014.
  5. Web site: Garth Brooks Launches His New Single 'People Loving People'. ABC News. November 13, 2014.
  6. Hudak. Joseph. Garth Brooks Beams in to American Music Awards With 'People Loving People'. Rolling Stone. November 24, 2014 .
  7. Web site: Wood. Nathan. Listen to Garth Brooks' new song 'People Loving People'. Country Music Channel. November 20, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129024000/http://www.countrymusicchannel.com.au/news/listen-to-garth-brooks-new-song-people-loving-people.aspx. November 29, 2014. dead.
  8. Billboard Country Update for December 15, 2014. 17. December 15, 2014. Billboard. December 15, 2014.