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"'Simple'" is a song by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line. It is their fifteenth solo single release, and the first from their fourth studio album 'Can't Say I Ain't Country'. Written by duo members Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley along with Hardy and Mark Holman, the song expresses romantic love as a "simple" concept. The song has been promoted through the use of black-and-white photography on the duo's Instagram account, along with a music video directed by Justin Clough.

Content



The song was one of two tracks leaked in advance of Florida Georgia Line's upcoming fourth studio album. It is their first solo single release since "Smooth" in late 2017, although the duo had hit singles as featured artists on Morgan Wallen's "Up Down", Hailee Steinfeld's "Let Me Go" and Bebe Rexha's "Meant to Be" in between. Duo members Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley wrote the song with Michael Hardy and Mark Holman, and Joey Moi produced the track. It features "banjos and a whistling melody", and a hook in which the two spell out the title. Chris Parton of 'Rolling Stone Country' compared the song's sound to Mumford & Sons and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

Hubbard and Kelley both discussed the song in an interview with 'Nash Country Daily'. Hubbard said that "Majority of the time, I just find that for us its just easy to keep it simple. There's no need to complicate it, especially when it comes to love and [our] relationships with our wives and our families. Just a little reminder to simplify things every now and then and have a good time while you do it", while Kelley stated that it was "the next step for FGL" and a "fresh sound". The two also stated in an interview on iHeartRadio's website that the two drew lyrical inspiration from their relationships with their own wives and families. Thematically, the song is about keeping a relationship "simple" and expressing the emotion of romantic love in simple fashions.

The duo promoted the song on Instagram by erasing all other pictures from the account and replacing them with captioned black-and-white photos.

Commercial performance



Simple debuted at No. 24 on the Country Airplay chart on its release on June 1, 2018. It peaked at No. 1 on Country Airplay in October 2018, which is Florida Georgia Line's 14th No. 1 on the chart, making them a duo or group with the second-most No. 1s on the chart, tying with Rascal Flatts behind Brooks & Dunn. The song was certified Platinum on December 12, 2018. The song has sold 367,000 copies in the United States as of January 2019.

Music video



Directed by Justin Clough, the music video features a grandfather recalling a romantic story to his grandchildren, interspersed with scenes from his wife and his younger self crashing a party in the 1930s.

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Category:2018 songs

Category:2018 singles

Category:Florida Georgia Line songs

Category:Republic Nashville singles

Category:Songs written by Tyler Hubbard

Category:Songs written by Brian Kelley (musician)

Category:Songs written by Hardy (singer)

Category:Song recordings produced by Joey Moi

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