I Never Knew Love

"I Never Knew Love"
Single by Doug Stone
from the album More Love
B-side	"This Empty House"[1]
Released	October 19, 1993[2]
Format	CD Single, Cassingle, 7" single
Genre	Country
Length	3:32
Label	Epic 77228
Writer(s)	Larry Boone, Will Robinson
Producer(s)	James Stroud, Doug Stone
Doug Stone singles chronology
"Why Didn't I Think of That" (1993) "I Never Knew Love'" (1993) "Addicted to a Dollar" (1994)

"I Never Knew Love" is a song written by Larry Boone and Will Robinson, and recorded by American country music artist Doug Stone. It was released in October 1993 as the lead-off single from his fourth album More Love. It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 3 on the Canadian RPM Tracks chart. The song was also Stone's only entry on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 81.^[1]

Content

In this song, the narrator tells his lover about revelations in his life like that he didn't know the power of a song until his mother died, didn't know what innocence was until he saw a newborn baby, and didn't know what love was until he met her.

Chart performance

Chart (1993-1994)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3]	3
US Billboard Hot 100[4]	81
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6]	64

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 405. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
2. AOL Music profile for "I Never Knew Love"
3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2366." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 24, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
4. "Doug Stone – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Doug Stone.
5. "Doug Stone – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Doug Stone.
6. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics