I'm Gonna Love You
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{{Short description|2024 single by Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood}}
{{Infobox song
| name = I'm Gonna Love You
| cover = Cody Johnson & Carrie Underwood - I'm Gonna Love You.jpg
| type = single
| artist = Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood
| album = Leather
| released = September 27, 2024
| recorded =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:08
| label = Warner Music Nashville
| writer =
- Chris Stevens
- Kelly Archer
- Travis Denning
| producer = Trent Willmon
| chronology = Cody Johnson
| prev_title = Dirt Cheap
| prev_year = 2024
| next_title = The Fall
| next_year = 2025
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Carrie Underwood
| type = single
| prev_title = Leave a Light On (Talk Away the Dark)
| prev_year = 2023
| title = I'm Gonna Love You
| year = 2024
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|yy9PuYMU29g|"I'm Gonna Love You"}}}}
}}
"I'm Gonna Love You" is a song by American country music singers Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood. It was released on September 27, 2024, as the lead single from the deluxe edition of Johnson's ninth studio album, Leather (2023). The song was written by Chris Stevens, Kelly Archer and Travis Denning and produced by Trent Willmon.
Background
Johnson announced the song via Instagram on September 17, 2024.{{cite web |title=Thrilled to announce that "I'm Gonna Love You" is coming out next Friday, 9/27. Thank you @carrieunderwood for joining me on this one and making it so special. Can't wait for y'all to hear it. |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DABvd7zpNPa |website=Instagram |access-date=8 October 2024 |date=September 17, 2024}} In an Instagram story, he revealed the song was made in 2019 and originally had a female singer performing the harmony, but was not a duet. He decided to collaborate with Underwood on the song.{{cite web |last1=Dukes |first1=Billy |title=Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood, 'I'm Gonna Love You' is an Instant Wedding Classic |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/cody-johnson-carrie-underwood-im-gonna-love-you/ |website=Taste of Country |access-date=8 October 2024 |date=September 27, 2024 |archive-date=8 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008191324/https://tasteofcountry.com/cody-johnson-carrie-underwood-im-gonna-love-you/ |url-status=live }}
Composition and lyrics
Over a piano-driven instrumental,{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood Team Up for 'I'm Gonna Love You' Duet |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/cody-johnson-carrie-underwood-im-gonna-love-you-1235114352/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=8 October 2024 |date=September 27, 2024 |archive-date=8 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008191136/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/cody-johnson-carrie-underwood-im-gonna-love-you-1235114352/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Mower |first1=Maxim |title='I'm Gonna Love You' by Cody Johnson & Carrie Underwood |url=https://holler.country/news/general/im-gonna-love-you-by-cody-johnson-and-carrie-underwood-lyrics-and-meaning/ |website=Holler Country |access-date=8 October 2024 |date=September 27, 2024 |archive-date=8 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008191248/https://holler.country/news/general/im-gonna-love-you-by-cody-johnson-and-carrie-underwood-lyrics-and-meaning/ |url-status=live }} the artists each describe inevitabilities of life before singing "And I'm gonna love you". They join their voices in the chorus, singing together: "So good that it almost hurts / Steady and true as a Bible verse / My heart skips just thinkin' of you / Go on and bet it all, baby, we can't lose".{{cite web |last1=Blackwelder |first1=Carson |last2=Chua |first2=Jeremy |title=Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood drop new duet and stunning music video: Watch here |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/cody-johnson-carrie-underwood-drop-new-duet-music-video/story?id=114295683 |website=ABC News |access-date=8 October 2024 |date=September 27, 2024 |archive-date=8 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008191434/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/cody-johnson-carrie-underwood-drop-new-duet-music-video/story?id=114295683 |url-status=live }} In addition, they express their unwavering support and love for each other when facing obstacles and challenges. An electric guitar solo is played toward the end of the track.
Music video
The music video premiered alongside the single. It was directed by Dustin Haney and filmed in Wells, Nevada and Nashville, Tennessee.{{cite web|url=https://musicrow.com/2024/09/cody-johnson-bulks-up-leather-with-13-extra-tracks-on-new-deluxe-edition/|title=Cody Johnson Bulks Up 'Leather' With 13 Extra Tracks On New Deluxe Edition|author=Lorie Hollabaugh|date=September 30, 2024|website=Music Row|access-date=November 24, 2024}} It sees Johnson and Underwood in a setting of "stunning landscapes and horses", before they come together.
Charts
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Cody Johnson}}
{{Carrie Underwood songs}}
Category:Carrie Underwood songs
Category:Songs written by Kelly Archer
Category:Songs written by Travis Denning