George Strait has a remarkable talent for turning a melody into a time machine. With a gentle strum and a warm drawl, the King of Country transports us straight back to the summer of our first crush. Tucked inside his 2013 album, Love Is Everything, the track It Was Love does exactly that. It captures something pure and fleeting, a feeling so vivid you can almost smell the grass on a Friday night under a full moon.
The song reads like a diary entry from decades past. Lyrics such as
Full moon Friday night after the game
and
We were young, we were naive
do more than describe a scene. They recreate the trembling uncertainty of a first touch and the magic of discovering love before the world taught you to be careful. The narrator looks back not with sadness but with a gentle smile, acknowledging that what they had was real from that very first moment.
While the songwriting credits behind It Was Love have never been widely promoted, the ballad fits snugly into Strait’s signature neotraditional country style. His voice never overshadows the story. Instead, it wraps you in the same comfortable warmth as an old leather jacket. This is the hallmark of a man who has spent decades reminding us that the best songs feel like memories you never knew you had.
It Was Love was never a chart-chasing single. It exists as a quiet gem, a hidden treasure for those who dig past the radio hits. Yet within the sprawling catalog of the King of Country, it stands as a testament to his gift for turning universal emotions into intimate moments. Whether you are eighteen or eighty, the song invites you to recall your own first spark, that electric moment when everything changed with a single touch.
So let the pedal steel carry you away. Settle into the familiar drawl of a master storyteller and remember that some of the most powerful love stories are the ones that never needed a grand gesture. Sometimes, as George Strait reminds us, it was love from the very first touch.