Luke Combs lengthened his string of 14-straight No. 1 country hits to begin his mainstream career with "The Kind of Love We Make." The song was unveiled in June 17 to up anticipation for the release the following week of Combs' third big-label album, Growin' Up.
Penned by Combs and frequent songwriting partners the Brothers Hunt (Dan and Reid Isbell) and Jamie Davis, it's another country-meets-R&B stunner with beautiful lyrics.
"Let's get some candles burning and some records turning / All the lights down low, take it nice and slow," Combs sings. "The way your body's moving, keep doing what you're doing. To me, all night long writing our love song / Girl, I want it, gotta have it / Let the passion take us to a higher place / Making the kind of love we make / The kind of love we make."
It's the kind of tender-hearted storytelling we've come to expect from Combs as his marriage to Nicole and the birth of their son, Tex, shifted his focus off beer-drinking songs.
"'The Kind of Love We Make' is one of those songs that I wouldn't have been comfortable cutting when I was 24 or 25," the country star told Rolling Stone. "But at 32, I feel like I've lived a hundred lifetimes in those seven years in a lot of ways because I've been all over the world. I've met so many different people and it's like I'm married. It's like all these perspectives change. You're inevitably a different person."
The music video follows a firefighter and a paramedic who are in love but don't seem to have that much time for each other due to their careers. There is also an elderly couple, presumed to be them in the future, who are madly in love 35 years later as they dance around in their living room which is being consumed in flames. But, they are so focused on each other that they seem to miss the fire that occurs in their home. Luckily, the fire department gets there just in time, and the lovers live happily ever after.
Combs' run of chart success began in 2016 with breakthrough single "Hurricane," which topped Billboard's Country Airplay chart. Every single between then and "The Kind of Love We Make" topped country radio, the Hot Country Songs chart or both. As of Nov. 2022, current single "Going, Going, Gone" has to top either chart.
Combs will perform "The Kind of Love We Make" on Nov. 9 during ABC's broadcast of country music's biggest night, the 2022 CMA Awards. He'll also be defending his Entertainer of the Year crown that night against Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen, Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert.
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"The Kind of Love We Make" Lyrics
We've been burnin' both ends
Keepin' the lights on
So I've been thinkin' we need
A little time alone
So whatcha say we cancel our plans?
Tonight, I'm only gonna be your man
Let's get some candles burnin'
And some records turnin'
All the lights down low
Take it nice and slow
The way your body's movin'
Keep doin' what you're doin'
To me all night long
Writin' our love song
Girl, I want it, gotta have it
Let the passion take us to a higher place
Makin' the kind of love we make
Well, there ain't no way, baby
To get me out this house
When you look this good
What could I even think about? Oh
Besides turnin' round and lockin' the door
Watchin' your red dress fall to the floor
Let's get some candles burnin'
And some records turnin'
All the lights down low
Take it nice and slow
The way your body's movin'
Keep doin' what you're doin'
To me all night long
Writin' our love song
Girl, I want it, gotta have it
Let the passion take us to a higher place
Makin' the kind of love we make
Kind of love we make
So whatcha say we cancel our plans?
Tonight, I'm only gonna be your man
Let's get some candles burnin'
Some records turnin'
All the lights down low
Take it nice and slow
The way your body's movin'
Keep doin' what you're doin'
To me all night long
Writin' our love song
Girl, I want it, gotta have it
Let the passion take us to a higher place
Girl, I want it, gotta have it
Let the passion take us to a higher place
Makin' the kind of love we make
Kind of love we make
Makin' the kind of love we make
