"Drowning" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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singer Chris Young. It was released on September 23, 2019, as the second single from Young's seventh studio album '' Famous Friends''. Young wrote and produced the song with Corey Crowder, with additional writing from

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Background

Young wrote the song in tribute to one of his friends, Adam, who died in a car crash.

Music video

The music video, directed by Jeff Johnson, was released on September 24, 2019. Young holds his late friend Adam's picture at first, before the video cuts to scenes from the Raised On Country World Tour 2019, held in

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. Other people are also shown holding pictures of deceased family members.

Commercial performance

As of January 2020, the song has sold 78,000 copies in the US. The song reached No. 18 on the

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chart in 2019 and No. 25 on

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in 2020, becoming Young's first single to miss the top 20 on the latter chart since "

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" in 2012.

Charts

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References

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