Just a Kiss (song)

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"Just a Kiss"
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Single by Lady Antebellum
from the album Own the Night
B-side"Bottle Up Lightning"
ReleasedMay 2, 2011 (2011-05-02)
Recorded2011
StudioWarner (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre
Length3:39
LabelCapitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Lady Antebellum singles chronology
"Hello World"
(2010) 		"Just a Kiss"
(2011) 		"We Owned the Night"
(2011)

"Just a Kiss" is a song recorded by American country music group Lady Antebellum. It was released on May 2, 2011, as the lead single from the band's album Own the Night (2011). Dallas Davidson collaborated with band members Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood to write the song, taking inspiration from the members' personal experiences. Produced by Paul Worley, "Just a Kiss" was among the last songs recorded for the album, and is a mid-tempo country ballad with lyrics that speak of a romantic relationship between two new couples. Professional reviews for "Just a Kiss" have been mostly positive, commending on the song's theme and musical arrangement and also praising Lady Antebellum's performance, and it features lead vocals from both Scott and Kelley.

In the United States, the song debuted at number 28 on the Billboard

Hart of Dixie
.

Background and writing

The day we wrote this song was one of those days that renewed my faith in the bond the three of us have as songwriters. It came so easily, and it reminded me of the early days when we first started out, and we'd spend hours in my brother Josh's house writing songs. [...] We are just writing about what we are going through in our lives.

—Charles Kelley talking about "Just a Kiss" and the album.[1]

After the

53rd Grammy Awards, held in February 2011, band members Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood said in a backstage interview that work on the group's third album was almost complete.[2] On May 2, 2011, the band digitally released "Just a Kiss", the lead single from the new project.[1] In a blog entry on their website, the group said that "Just a Kiss" was among the last songs that were written for the album. Haywood commented, "We were about six songs into recording and someone had this idea, so we sat down to write it."[1] Hillary Scott, Kelley and Haywood wrote the song with Dallas Davidson.[3] Davidson discussed the conception of the song with country music blog Taste of Country: "I went out on the road with them, and we wrote a couple of things. We recorded one song called 'We Own the Night'. Charles called me as they were about done with the record. He said, 'Man, we want to write again.' So the band came over [to my office] one morning. We started writing this other song. We were trying to find Hillary a little uptempo girl song. We wrote this cool thing."[3]

The next day, Davidson found Haywood in his office, playing the

riff. "When we got done with the other song, I kept going back, saying, 'Man, there's something about what you were playing earlier ... let's mess with that before we leave.' So he started playing it again," Davidson recalled.[3] After the keyboard elements were completed, Scott and Kelley finished the song's music and lyrics at the studio. They discussed ideas for the song; Kelley put forward the basic melody and Scott followed up with her own contribution. After they wrote the lyrics, Davidson proposed that the song's title be "Just a Kiss Goodnight".[3] It was later changed to "Just a Kiss" after Scott felt that "it's cool to have 'just a kiss' goodnight rather than going all the way."[3] Kelley told Country Weekly that the song was inspired by the band members' experiences: "I remembered being out the first night with Cassie and thinking, 'This is different, and I don't want to give any wrong impression. I don't want to make the wrong move because this feels like something special.' We started talking about that and going back and forth with different experiences when we wrote the song."[4] The song was recorded and mixed by Clarke Schleicher, with assistance from Joe Martino and Andrew Bazinet.[5] The B-side track, "Bottle Up Lightning", was written by Kelley, Haywood, Tony Martin and Wendell Lee Mobley.[6]

Music and lyrics

"Just a Kiss" (2011)
A 22-second sample of the final chorus of "Just a Kiss", which has Kelley and Scott singing in harmony. The string instruments can also be heard.
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"Just a Kiss" was produced by

beats per minute. Written in the key of B♭ minor, it follows a chord progression of B♭m7–A♭/C–D♭–G♭major9, and Scott's vocals range from the note of A♭3 to F5.[15]

The lyrics of the song describe a "tortured romantic scenario"

strings "give a nice lift at the end."[19]

Critical reception

Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave "Just a Kiss" a rating of four stars out of five and called it "another excellent song that plays up all of the band's strengths."[16] Erik Ernst of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel observed that the track's "lush melody" shows "new confidence for these musicians who have become bona fide stars."[20] A Washington Post editor also gave a positive review, declaring "Just a Kiss" as "one of the group's finest".[21] Daryl Addison, writing for

Idolator commented that the song "deftly captures" the state of nervousness that lovers experience during the early stages of the romance.[22] Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly also praised "Just a Kiss" and noted that Lady Antebellum sing the song "like they mean it". He suggested that the song is "classy and very sincere".[23] Stephen Hyden of The A.V. Club wrote that the song was "painfully chaste".[24]

Matthew Wilkening, writing for Taste of Country, gave the song a score of 7.5 out of 10, writing that the song is "surprisingly serious and dour" in contrast to its subject matter, but he praised the "catchy melody".

About.com, who found it "lyrically lacking" but a "solid contribution to the power ballad genre".[12] Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine found the song to be repetitive in its lyrical theme, and said that the group was "sticking to the blandly pleasant, cliché-driven songwriting of Need You Now, not taking a single risk."[25] Tris McCall of The Star-Ledger criticized the song for bearing a close resemblance to "Need You Now" and concluded that "if you swooned for 'Need You Now', chances are you won't be able to resist the tidal pull of this one, either."[11] Shahryar Rizvi of Dallas Observer was also less enthusiastic about the song, writing that it "seems kinda old-fashioned amongst all the outspoken and steamy acts in the Top 40." Rizvi concluded by noting that "maybe the music industry's just covering their bases by serving the demographic that appreciates sugar-coated love ballads over brash statements ... If not, well, then "Just A Kiss" will probably appear in sappy, modest teenage romantic comedies. If those types of movies still exist."[26]

Chart performance

"Just a Kiss" debuted on the US Billboard

Hot Digital Songs chart due to sales of 211,000 downloads.[29]

"Just a Kiss" stayed on the Hot 100 for 42 weeks and was certified 2×

Japan Hot 100.[36] The song also charted and peaked in the United Kingdom and Australia, at number 78 and number 72, respectively, for one week,[37][38] and at number 91 in the Netherlands.[39]

Music video

The Union Station Hotel, Nashville is featured as the train station in the video for "Just a Kiss".[40]

The music video, directed by

Paris, London, and Murfreesboro, Tennessee.[41] The Union Station hotel is featured as a train station in the video.[40] Kelley explained that the director decided to shoot parts of the music video in Europe because he wanted the video to be "as authentic as possible".[40] The video begins with a young woman, Joy, played by actress Danielle Donn,[42] entering a train, taking a seat two rows in front of Scott and discovering an iPad in her backpack. The iPad has a video of her lover with a sign written in French words that mean "Don't forget about me," and also some videos of the couple's travels throughout London, Paris, and Berlin, after which the couple bid each other farewell. A subsequent scene shows Joy's boyfriend finding her sitting on a train seat and they share a kiss. Joy is then seen awoken from sleep as a man named Brady, who looks exactly like the boyfriend in Joy's dream, sits next to her.[42] Brady apologizes for waking her and asks if she minds if he sits next to her. The two make introductions, and Joy mentions her dream.[41]
Brady then takes out his iPad case (exactly the same case as the one Joy had in her dream), and smiles at her. Joy smiles back, having experienced this deja vu moment. The group members are seen singing at a Tennessee train station, and on the train itself.

The band released

Eastern Time), on the band's website.[43] Jon Blistein of Billboard commented that the video "is sweet and will probably make you smile."[42] AOL's The Boot also liked the video, writing, "If the storyline itself doesn't make you fall head over heels, the gorgeous scenery surely will, as the clip was shot in various picturesque places around the world."[44] Amy Sciarretto of Taste of Country noted that the video was "heart-pinching".[45] The Tennessean wrote that the "sweet sentimentality should score with fans of ... 'Need You Now'."[46] However, Melinda Newman of HitFix deemed the video "sugary".[47] Robbie Daw of Idolator wrote, "Lady A's [...] "Just A Kiss" video got us choked up after one viewing. Clearly we need to get out more."[48]

Live performances

Lady Antebellum sang a portion of "Just a Kiss" on their

tenth season of the US reality television show American Idol.[51] The performance aired on May 5, 2011.[1][51] Natasha Mullan of TV Guide Canada wrote that the group sang the song on American Idol "in perfect harmony."[52]

Lady Antebellum was tapped to perform "Just a Kiss" at the 2011

Billboard Music Awards, held in Las Vegas. The show aired on May 22, 2011, on ABC.[53] Scott, Kelley and Haywood, dressed all in black, performed the song as Haywood played piano with their full band behind them.[54] Scott Shetler of Taste of Country commended the performance, writing that the members were "harmonized beautifully, particularly on the song's hook."[54] In June 2011, the group performed the song on the 2011 CMT Music Awards, where they were presented with the Award for Group Video of the Year (for "Hello World"). The band, dressed in black, sang "Just a Kiss" and a few lines of the song "Kiss" by Prince.[55] The trio also performed the song on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman.[56][57] Robbie Daw of Idolator wrote that the performance was "pitch-perfect".[58] Lady Antebellum appeared as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on October 1, 2011. They performed "We Owned the Night", followed by "Just a Kiss".[59][60]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits for "Just a Kiss" are adapted from the Own the Night liner notes.[5]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Just a Kiss"
Region Provider Certification
Canada[32] Music Canada Platinum
United States[77] RIAA 2× Platinum

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Just a Kiss"
Country Date Format Ref.
Canada May 3, 2011 Digital download [62]
United States [1]
Country radio [78][79]
Canada May 17, 2011 CD single [80]
United States [81]
August 17, 2011 Adult contemporary radio [82]
Hot adult contemporary
 [83]
September 20, 2011 Contemporary hit radio [84]

See also

  • List of number-one country singles of 2011 (U.S.)
  • List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2012

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