People Loving People

"People Loving People" is a song recorded by American country music singer Garth Brooks for his ninth studio album, Man Against Machine (2014). It was released to country radio by RCA Nashville on September 3, 2014 and is the first single from the album.^[1]^[2] Following its radio release, "People Loving People" was made available for digital download exclusively through Brooks' online music store, GhostTunes.^[3]

Release and promotion

The song was released on September 3, 2014 and is Brooks' first radio release since his 2007 song "More Than a Memory".^[4] On September 4, 2014 Brooks appeared on Good Morning America to promote "People Loving People", as well as his world tour.^[5] On November 23, he performed the song live on the American Music Awards via satellite from his concert at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.^[6]

Composition

"People Loving People" was written by Busbee, Lee Thomas Miller, and Chris Wallin.^[7] Like all songs featured on Brooks' album Man Against Machine, the song was produced by Mark Miller. Musically, the song was described as "firm, crunchy country rock" by Elias Leight from Billboard.^[1] Lyrically, like Brooks' 1991 song "We Shall Be Free", "People Loving People" addresses problems in the world. The song suggests the only solution to these problems is "people loving people".

Chart performance

"People Loving People" debuted (and peaked) at #19 on the US Billboard Country Airplay chart for the chart dated September 20, 2014.

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Canada Country (Billboard)^[8]	10
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)^[9]	4
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[10]	19
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[11]	25

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)	Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[12]	98

References

1 2 Leight, Elias. "Garth Brooks Releases Comeback Single 'People Loving People'". Billboard.com. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
↑ Mansfield, Brian. "Listen to Garth Brooks' 'People Loving People' single". USAToday.com. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
↑ Hudak, Joseph. "Garth Brooks Launches Digital Music Site". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
↑ Watts, Cindy. "Garth Brooks releases new song 'People Loving People' to country radio". The Tennessean. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
↑ "Garth Brooks Launches His New Single 'People Loving People'". ABC News. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
↑ Hudak, Joseph. "Garth Brooks Beams in to American Music Awards With 'People Loving People'". Rolling Stone.
↑ Wood, Nathan. "Listen to Garth Brooks' new song 'People Loving People'". Country Music Channel. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
↑ "Garth Brooks – Chart history" Billboard Canada Country for Garth Brooks.
↑ "Garth Brooks – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Garth Brooks.
↑ "Garth Brooks – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Garth Brooks.
↑ "Garth Brooks – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Garth Brooks.
↑ "Billboard Country Update for December 15, 2014" (PDF). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 15, 2014. p. 17. Retrieved December 15, 2014.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Garth Brooks singles

Garth Brooks	"Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" "If Tomorrow Never Comes" "Not Counting You" "The Dance"

No Fences	"Friends in Low Places" "Unanswered Prayers" "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" "The Thunder Rolls" "Wild Horses" (released in 2001)

Ropin' the Wind	"Rodeo" "Shameless" "What She's Doing Now" "Papa Loved Mama" "The River"

The Chase	"We Shall Be Free" "Somewhere Other Than the Night" "Learning to Live Again" "That Summer"

In Pieces	"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" "Standing Outside the Fire" "One Night a Day" "Callin' Baton Rouge" "The Red Strokes"

Fresh Horses	"She's Every Woman" "The Fever" "The Beaches of Cheyenne" "The Change" "It's Midnight Cinderella" "That Ol' Wind"

Sevens	"Longneck Bottle" "She's Gonna Make It" "Two Piña Coladas" "You Move Me" "Do What You Gotta Do" (released in 2000)

The Limited Series	"To Make You Feel My Love"

Double Live	"It's Your Song"

Greatest Hits (as Chris Gaines)	"Lost in You" "It Don't Matter to the Sun" "That's the Way I Remember It"

Scarecrow	"When You Come Back to Me Again" (released in 2000) "Wrapped Up in You" "Squeeze Me In" (with Trisha Yearwood) "Thicker Than Blood" "Why Ain't I Running"

The Lost Sessions	"Good Ride Cowboy" "Love Will Always Win" (with Trisha Yearwood) "That Girl Is a Cowboy"

The Ultimate Hits	"More Than a Memory" "Workin' for a Livin'" (with Huey Lewis) "Midnight Sun"

Man Against Machine	"People Loving People" "Mom"

Guest singles	"Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy (with Chris LeDoux; uncredited) "In Another's Eyes" (with Trisha Yearwood) "One Heart at a TIme" (charity single) "Burnin the Roadhouse Down" (with Steve Wariner) "Where Your Road Leads" (with Trisha Yearwood) "Katie Wants a Fast One" (with Steve Wariner) "Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)" (with George Jones)

Other songs	"Hard Luck Woman" "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" "The Call" (with Trisha Yearwood)

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