I Never Knew Love

"I Never Knew Love"
Single by Doug Stone
from the album More Love
B-side	"This Empty House"[2]
Released	October 19, 1993[1]
Genre	Country
Length	3:32
Label	Epic 77228
Songwriter(s)	Larry Boone, Will Robinson
Producer(s)	James Stroud, Doug Stone
Doug Stone singles chronology
"Why Didn't I Think of That" (1993) "I Never Knew Love" (1993) "Addicted to a Dollar" (1994)

"I Never Knew Love" is a song written by Larry Boone and Will Robinson, and recorded by American country music artist Doug Stone. It was released in October 1993 as the lead-off single from his fourth album More Love. It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 3 on the Canadian RPM Tracks chart. The song was also Stone's only entry on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 81.[2]

Content

In this song, the narrator tells his lover about revelations in his life like that he didn't know the power of a song until his mother died, didn't know what innocence was until he saw a newborn baby, and didn't know what love was until he met her.

Chart performance

Chart (1993–1994)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3]	3
US Billboard Hot 100[4]	81
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6]	64

References

1. AOL Music profile for "I Never Knew Love"
2. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2366." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 24, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
4. "Doug Stone Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
5. "Doug Stone Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
6. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.