| So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore | |
| Cover: | LoveMeAnymore.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Alan Jackson |
| Album: | Thirty Miles West |
| Recorded: | 2011 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Alan's Country Records/ EMI Records Nashville |
| Producer: | Keith Stegall[1] |
| Prev Title: | Long Way to Go |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
| Next Title: | You Go Your Way |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
"So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" is a song recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in January 2012 as the second single from Jackson's album Thirty Miles West.[2] The song was written by Jay Knowles and Jackson's nephew, Adam Wright (of The Wrights).[3] The song was nominated for Best Country Song at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.
Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song four and a half stars out of five, writing that "the best songs always allow a listener to fill in the spaces between the words, and Jackson's patient performance leaves plenty of room to do that."[4] Kyle Ward of Roughstock also gave the song four and a half stars out of five, saying "Jackson offers up his most heart-felt vocal since 'Monday Morning Church,' and the soft neo-traditional production serves as quite a breath of fresh air."[5]
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade, writing that it "ranks among his best work, and given that he's one of the genre's all time greats, that's heavy company for it to be in."[6] The song also received a "thumbs up" from Engine 145 reviewer Juli Thanki, who called it "his best single in at least half a decade."[7]
The music video, which premiered in January 2012, was directed by Steven Goldmann and filmed at Coney Island.[8] The video is Alan Jackson's second time in which he appears without his trademark mustache, the first being in 1993's "Tonight I Climbed the Wall"
"So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" debuted at number 58 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of January 28, 2012.[9]