Jake Owen was “Made For You”

“Made for You” is a song recorded by Jake Owen. It is the fourth single from his sixth studio album Greetings from… Jake.

Before releasing the song to radio, Owen performed it at the wedding of country music singers Michael Ray and Carly Pearce on October 6, 2019. Owen had been given the song by a promoter. Songwriter Benjy Davis came up with the song’s “descending guitar melody” in May 2017 and presented the idea to co-writers Joey Hyde and Neil Medley during a songwriting session that same month. The lyrics consist mainly of various thematically-related items that are “made for” each other

“Summer jobs are made for spendin’ cash
Second dates are made for goin’ fast
Early curfews are made for sneakin’ past
Two AM was made for pissed off dads
And I was made for you, yeah I was made for you
Oh like a ship without a sea
Or a song without a melody
I don’t know where I’d be or what I’d do
‘Cause I was made for you”

“Made for You” was released to radio on May 17, 2020, one day after Owen performed the song on The Bachelorette. Owen filmed a music video for the song, which stars his girlfriend, Erica Hartlein, along with his two daughters. Zackary Kephart of Country Universe rated the song “C+”, praising the instrumentation and Owen’s voice, but criticizing the lyrics as “cliché”.

The 2018 single is currently at #1 on US Country charts. Listen to the song and watch the music video here.

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