You Look So Good in Love

"You Look So Good in Love" is a song written by Glen Ballard, Rory Michael Bourke and Kerry Chater, and recorded by American country singer George Strait. It was released in September 1983 as the lead single from his album Right or Wrong.

Content

The narrator is a guy looking at his ex-lover fall in love with another guy. He realizes just how happy his former girlfriend looks now that she’s fallen in true love. He feels sorry for himself that he wasn’t the one to make her happy, but part of him realizes it wasn’t meant to be.

Music video

A video — Strait's first — was issued for the song. Strait disliked the "slow-paced and romantic themed" video so he asked for it to be taken off the air, and refused to do music videos for several years afterward.^[1]

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 31 on the Hot Country Songs charts, Strait's highest debut for many years.^[2] In January 1984, "You Look So Good in Love" was George Strait's third No. 1 song on the chart.^[3]

Chart (1983–1984)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

↑ Bego, Mark. George Strait: The Story of Country's Living Legend. p. 46.
↑ Jessen, Wade (29 July 2000). "Country Corner". Billboard. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 336.
↑ "George Strait – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for George Strait.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You)" by Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single January 7, 1984	Succeeded by "Slow Burn" by T. G. Sheppard
Preceded by "Take It to the Limit" by Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson	RPM Country Tracks number-one single January 21, 1984	Succeeded by "Ozark Mountain Jubilee" by The Oak Ridge Boys

George Strait 1980s singles

Strait Country	"Unwound" "Down and Out" "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)"

Strait from the Heart	"Fool Hearted Memory" "Marina del Rey" "Amarillo by Morning" "A Fire I Can't Put Out"

Right or Wrong	"You Look So Good in Love" "Right or Wrong" "Let's Fall to Pieces Together"

Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind	"Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" "The Cowboy Rides Away" "The Fireman"

Something Special	"The Chair" "You're Something Special to Me"

#7	"Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You"

Ocean Front Property	"Ocean Front Property" "All My Ex's Live in Texas" "Am I Blue"

If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'	"Famous Last Words of a Fool" "Baby Blue" "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"

Beyond the Blue Neon	"Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" "What's Going On in Your World" "Ace in the Hole" "Overnight Success"

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