Format Digital download Genre Country pop
pop Label Warner Bros. Nashville | Recorded 2013–14 Length 3:03 | |
Released February 23, 2015 (2015-02-23) | ||
"Nothin' Like You" is a song recorded by American country music duo Dan + Shay for their debut studio album, Where It All Began (2014). The song was written by group members Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney along with Chris DeStefano and Ashley Gorley. The song is about Shay's ex girlfriend Veronica Ballestrini, who is also a country-pop singer
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Critical
Website Taste of Country gave the song a positive review, saying that "Dan + Shay continue to brand themselves as country’s sweetest pop sound. "Nothin' Like You" is the duo’s newest single from Where It All Began. The mid-tempo love song is musical cotton candy."
Commercial
The song first entered the Country Airplay chart at No. 59 for chart for chart dated March 7, 2015, and Hot Country Songs at No. 49 on April 18, 2015. It debuted on the Hot 100 at No. 97 on chart date of August 29, 2015. The song was the duo's highest charting single until "From the Ground Up" reached 48 the following year. On December 5, 2015, it became the duo's first No. 1 single on Country Airplay, surpassing their previous high of No. 11 achieved by "19 You + Me" on that chart. It peaked at No. 5 on Hot Country Songs and No. 51 on the Hot 100 in December 2015.
The song has sold 318,000 copies in the US as of May 2016. "Nothin' Like You" has been certified Gold by both RIAA and Music Canada.
Music video
The music video was directed by Patrick Tracy and premiered in July 2015.