The Chris Young Drowning song was released on September 23, 2019, as the second single from Young’s seventh studio album Famous Friends. Country music star Chris Young adds to his impressive credentials and made his directorial debut with the music video for “Drowning.” Chris co-directed the music video with Native 31 Films Producer and Director Jeff Johnson. The stirring clip opens with Young holding a photo of Adam Carnes, his longtime friend whose loss is memorialized in the song’s lyrics. Interspersed throughout the “Drowning” music video are moving tributes to spouses, children, parents, siblings, and friends from concertgoers at the Richmond, VA date of his Raised On Country World Tour 2019.
This song reached #18 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 2019. Watch the emotional music video and check out the written lyrics below!
Chris Young Drowning Official Music Video
“I’ve been so amazed at the reaction to this song,” Young shares. “I wrote it with two friends as a moment of healing and had no idea it would touch so many people before it was even chosen as a single. The video, combining so many personal moments alongside a live performance, totally embodies that and I can’t wait for everyone to see it.”
Chris Young Drowning Lyrics
Still got your number in my phone
And even though you don’t know I listen
I still call and wait ’til the tone
Just to hear you saying, “Leave a message”
Since you’ve been gone I’ve had to find
Different ways to grieve
There’s days that I don’t even want it on my mind
But tonight I’m weak
So, I’m gonna pull out pictures, ones with you in ’em
Laugh and cry a little while reminiscing
By myself
I can’t help
That all I think about is
How you were taken way too soon
It ain’t the same here without you
I gotta say, missing you comes in waves
And tonight I’m drowning
Yeah, I know you’re in a better place
And one day I’ll see you again
But it’s killing me we can’t be face to face
I miss my best friend
So, tonight I’m gonna pull out pictures, ones with you in ’em
Laugh and cry a little while reminiscing
By myself
I can’t help
That all I think about is
How you were taken way too soon
It ain’t the same here without you
I gotta say, missing you comes in waves
And tonight I’m drowning
Yeah, tonight I’m drowning
I know it’s a part of life
But I wasn’t ready to say goodbye
So, tonight I’m gonna pull out pictures, ones with you in ’em
Laugh and cry a little while reminiscing
By myself
I can’t help
That all I think about is
How you were taken way too soon
It ain’t the same here without you
I gotta say, missing you comes in waves
And tonight I’m drowning
Yeah, tonight I’m drowning
