Recall This Hit?: “Cover You In Kisses”

I apologize profusely for the huge delay in posting.  I attribute it to busyness and laziness (but mostly the latter haha).  I thought I would take this opportunity to start up a new feature series named “Recall This Hit?” about past hit radio singles that radio doesn’t seem to play anymore and seems like most people have forgotten about.  These are songs that I enjoy and think should be discussed and brought to forefront once again (they are ready and waiting to do battle.  Stubborn fighters they are. Yes.)  Well, this gives me the convenience of not using past radio singles in future iCF Music recommendations and provides me access to talk about almost anything I want to with less restrictions :p.  So here goes…

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The first tune for the “Recall This Hit?” series is John Michael Montgomery’s “Cover You In Kisses” from his 1998 Leave a Mark album. This one has seriously been forgotten, it seems by everybody and that is disappointing.  Every now and then, (if I remember correctly) I hear it on XM Radio, which is a very pleasant surprise.  Beside from the fact that he mentions “Denver” in the first line of the song (where I reside currently, and where it snowed last night as well), I just cannot get enough of this song.  Maybe it’s the steel guitar-drenched production that really calls me in?  This is truly one of the greatest tunes of the ’90s era.  It’s not total traditional country – it’s got a slight pop feel to it, but it’s still undeniably pure country with a contemporary update, and goes real well with Montgomery’s calm twangy vocals.  The lyrics have a warm message of intense love for his girl, and how much he misses her when she’s not around.  Just an all-round winner. If you don’t like the production, then you must just be evil lol.  Btw, I just found a video clip of a fan performing a cover of the song, and their vocal performance is impressive (actually, I just looked at more of his videos and he has done a lot.  His name is Tyler Barham – He’s got a better voice than most of today’s country singers!).