"When Your Lips Are So Close" | ||||
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Single by Gord Bamford | ||||
from the album Country Junkie | ||||
Released | September 9, 2013 | |||
Format | Music download | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:00 | |||
Label | Cache/Sony Music Canada | |||
Writer(s) | Gord Bamford Byron Hill Brent Baxter |
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Producer(s) | Gord Bamford Byron Hill |
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Gord Bamford singles chronology | ||||
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"When Your Lips Are So Close" is a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Gord Bamford. It was released in September 2013 as the first single from his sixth studio album, Country Junkie. Bamford premiered the single at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards. It peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Canada Country chart.
Shenieka Russell-Metcalf of Top Country wrote that the song "shows his intimate side." Dustin Blumhagen of Country Standard Time called it "a radio friendly mid tempo love song, which can easily be mistaken for a Toby Keith hit."
The music video was directed by Stephano Barberis and premiered in September 2013. It was filmed in Phoenix, Arizona.
"When Your Lips Are So Close" debuted at number 87 on the Canadian Hot 100 for the week of September 28, 2013, and reached its peak at number 42. It was number one on the Billboard Canada Country chart for the week dated November 30, 2013.